By News Agency of Nigeria Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday at the popular fruits Market at Marian in Calabar. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his deputy chief press secretary, Linus Obogo, on Wednesday. “I am saddened
By Eme Offiong, Voice of Nigeria Civil Society groups have been urged to enable upcoming female politicians in Cross River State to seek elective positions. This is coming as the Cross River State government is getting set to hold its local government election. The Executive Director, Centre for Gender Development, CGD, University of Calabar, and
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Two widows, Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akon, were tortured to death by youths in Ebbaken community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over witchcraft allegations on Saturday. An eye witness, a son-in-law to one of the widows, told Vanguard that both women were returning from
Cross River Basin Development Authority, CRBDA, agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2021 contracted Fuuz Nigeria Limited to rehabilitate a solar-powered borehole, and town hall at Ikot Effanga Mkpa in Calabar Municipality for N7.3 million. The contract, CrossRiverWatch Sylvia Akpan reveals, was awarded without budgetary provision which violates section 5, sub 4.2b of
By The Parchment Miss Promise Paul Ekpong, a female final year student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS has embraced the part of dignity using the current nation wide industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to distinguish herself. Miss Promise Ekpong, who is a final year student
By Patrick Obia A section of one of the most popular markets in the city of Calabar, Ika Ika Oqua better known as Marian market was gutted by fire in the wee hours of Tuesday 30 August 2022. The cause of the fire, eyewitnesses, and traders say started about 2am can not be ascertained but
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on
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