Once, I attended an ANPP campaign event in Maiduguri as a journalist and was privileged to be in the Governor’s convoy. The Governor then was ANPP. He was in company of a former National Chairman of the party, who was also from the North. (I want to withhold their names). While the governor’s convoy was
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River State, has opined that Nigeria is technically a failed state, as it cannot meet the basic expectations of its citizens, which according to him, is the hallmark of a failed nation. Speaking at an inaugural memorial lecturer by Prince Emeka Obasi held at the
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has announced a new minimum wage of forty thousand (N40,000), only for workers in the State, lamenting the low productivity of workers. He made the pronouncement while addressing Cross River workers at the U.J Esuene sports stadium in Calabar, the State capital where
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The convoy of the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Elvert Ayambem on Sunday 28 April 2024 foiled a suspected kidnap operation along the Afi, Nde-Ogoja/Ikom highway. The incident unfolded at about 5:PM as a group of unknown gunmen blocked the road, halting traffic in
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has made new appointments into the college of Nursing Sciences Ogoja, College of Nursing Itighidi, Civil Service Commission, House of Assembly Service Commission, and State Planning Commission. The latest 31 appointments galore was contained in a press release made available by his
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has suspended two clan heads in Akpabuyo Local Government Area, HRH. Etinyin Ekpenyong Ekpo Asuquo, the Clan Head of Atimbo and Clan Head of Akansoko, HRH Etinyin Archibong Ita Le’Nelson, over insubordination. In a press release issued via his Chief
By Jonathan Ugbal The Ukpe, Alege and Ubang communities, of Obudu Local Government Area, commonly referred to as Ukalu last weekend rolled out their drums to receive the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh and his Special Assistant on Administration, Dr. Richard Orim at the Primary School playground in Ashikpe village in what
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has called on traditional rulers of Yala Local Government Area in the State to foster healthier communal relationship, peaceful co-existence and good neighborliness among each other. The Governor charged the Royal Fathers to always sue for peace among themselves as his administration