By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Residents of the Ikot Effanga Mkpa E2 estate in Calabar Municipal on Saturday protested over the abandonment of the gully erosion remediation project by contractors. The project, implemented by the Cross River State office of the Nigerian Erosion Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP is funded by the World Bank.
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The inaugural edition of the Bakassi Fish Festival has ended in a grand style. The 2-day festival was held at the Esuk Mkparawa, Ikang Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Speaking on the sidelines of the event, the Bakassi Local Government Chairman, Mr. Iyadim Amboni praised
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded plans to conduct the 2023 agricultural census, three decades after. The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of National Bureau of Statistics, NBS Prince Adeyemi Adeniran made this known while speaking as he declared open the training exercise for
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Nko people of Yakurr Local Government Area in Cross River State have lamented the devastating impact of the raid on their community by troops of the Nigerian Army following renewed hostilities with neighboring Onyadama community of Obubra LGA. The community told newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday that
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State has described reports of the sacked House of Assembly sitting to approve a 1.5 billion Naira loan facility as counterpart funding for the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, and 10 Special Advisers as the worst level of impunity and
Listen To The Article Two pernicious political scenarios are presently playing out in Nigeria, and if they are not strangled before noon, will inflict an incurable injury on Nigeria’s democracy, thereby compounding the woes of what has been a stunted democratic growth during the last 23 years. In Yobe Northern Senatorial District of Northern Nigeria,
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Mrs. Alami Ayade, the wife of the younger brother to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Frank Ayade has denied reports linking her with the trial of a suspended lecturer of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Paschal Aboh for impersonation. Mr. Aboh was arrested and reported
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report There is currently a tense atmosphere at the headquarters of the Cross River State Water Board Limited in Calabar after the former Managing Director, Mr. Victor Ekpo forced his way into the premises and his former office while using men of the Nigeria Police Force to scare away