By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has begun the execution of 32 new projects in public schools across the three senatorial districts of the State. The State SUBEB Chairman, Senator Stephen Odey, disclosed this in Calabar on Thursday during an interaction with journalists. Odey stated that the projects
By Asare Asare, Daily Post A Reverend Father, Peter Ochang, who is the Chaplain of RCM Parish in the Alok Catholic Diocese of Ogoja in Cross River State, has been kidnapped somewhere in Nasarawa State. He, alongside several members of St. Jude Society, was traveling yesterday to Abuja for important church events when they were
By Jonathan Ugbal The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore on Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital, described as an anathema, the decision to have a uniform national building code for the entire country. Sowore who stated this while addressing attendees at the 62nd
By Patrick Obia At least five hundred (500) students in the Cross River Southern senatorial district have benefited from the Teacher Esien Ita Education Trust Fund scholarship. This was disclosed during the presentation of cheques by the benefactor – Ekpenyong Esien Ita to students and teachers of various schools in Calabar. In his address shortly
By Ogar Monday President Muhammad Buhari has nominated Orok Duke, a former speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly as the member representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In a letter signed by the president and read before a senate plenary, the president appointed his Laureta Onochie, as
By Ogar Monday Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke has been named as the Chairman of the Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council, and he will therefore head the party’s charge toward taking back the Peregrino House. The decision was contained in a long list of campaign councils announced by the
By Ogar Monday The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State, Prof. Gabriel Yomere has revealed that INEC in the state is ready for the 2023 general elections, as the State has started receiving non-sensitive materials for the elections. Yomere, who insisted that the electoral umpire will
By Patrick Obia The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has ended its two days of awareness and sensitization workshop on Transparency and Accountability in Calabar, enjoining stakeholders for robust collaborations. Held in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State with the theme: ‘sustaining the gains of fiscal transparency and accountability in States’, participants drawn from the