By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has signed the State’s Magistrate Jurisdiction Law 2022. The law which increases the jurisdiction of magistrate courts in the State on civil matters was signed on Thursday, 3 November 2022. Speaking at the event, the governor said with the law in place, the administration of
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has dismissed the suit instituted by Victoria Otanya Odey seeking, among other prayers, the nullification of the primaries that produced Honorable Regina Anyogo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Yala 1 State constituency
By Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, The Nation Newspaper Edo Leads Civil servants in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Bayelsa States may not retire well due to the non-implementation and compliance of pension laws by their governors. But civil servants of Edo, Delta, and Rivers States have a lot to benefit from upon retirement as their State Governors
By Archibong Jeremiah Fuel and transportation prices have increased in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The gradual increase started last week when petrol stations within the city center increased their price to N180 per liter, those outside (8 Miles) sold a liter N200, but transportation price was not affected at this point. Today, Tuesday,
“They used to be a functional Cross River State Scholarship Board. They sourced for scholarships even outside Cross River State for students. I benefited from one of those scholarships. Board members came with scholarship forms to the University. In far away Sokoto. Went from faculty to faculty… In fact department to department to get qualified
By Patrick Obia One of Cross River’s enthusiastic entrepreneurs, Toms Alims has raised an alarm over an impoundment of one of his dispatch rides – Eagle 1 by men of the Nigerian Police Force, Mbukpa Division, Calabar South Local Government. The yet-to-be-identified officers who impounded the bike on Sunday 30 October claimed that “the rider’s
By Mary Bassey A non-governmental organization Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, BRCI, has held a training on Foster Care in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The training, according to Mrs. Eseoghene Edina Ibor, the Program Coordinator of BRCI, is to enlighten members of the public on the procedures, challenges, and criteria for the fostering of
By Our Reporter The Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) are set to onboard and certify 14 commercial cocoa seed entrepreneurs. The certificate issuance will occur on November 8, 2022, at CRIN’s headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State. In 2021, PIND and CRIN signed a