By Ogar Monday The Cross River State chapter of the Law officers officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) has embarked on an indefinite strike, calling on the state government to implement the 1978 harmonization policy and to pay recently employed law officers their salary arrears. The association has lawyers in the ministry of justice as members
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has written the Cross River House of Assembly notifying them of his intent to proceed on his annual vacation. The vacation which begins today, July 2, 2018 is expected to last for two weeks. A statement from the Assembly says Mr. Ayade’s deputy,
By Obeten Godfrey The Cross River State Ministry of Justice says it has come to it’s notice that a certain group of people under the agies of Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) are planning to shut down the Ministry today Monday, the 2nd of July 2018. According to the State Attorney General and Commissioner for
By Margaret John A Rice farmer in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Moses Egbung has accused politicians in Cross River State of hijacking the Federal Government funded CBN anchors borrowers program and turning it into a family affair. Mr. Moses who was speaking as a guest on“The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”,
By Violet Isek A non-governmental organization in Calabar, Child Protection Network (CPN), has rescued a 2-year old child (name withheld) in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The child was rescued in a critical condition and taken to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, after she had been punished severely and burnt by her uncle
By Margaret John And Philip Agba The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani, has called on youths to become the watch dog of the society. Pastor Usani made the appeal in Calabar Friday while speaking at the Cross River State Young and Emerging Political Leaders Forum (YEPLF) at the Calabar International Conference Center
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born techpreneur and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Philip Obin has berated Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari for reeling out figures of Nigerians killed when the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was in power. Mr. Adesina in a statement issued earlier in the week
By Margaret John The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has rained accolades on the governor of Cross River state, Senator Ben Ayade and commended him for keying into the federal government’s vision of diversifying the economy saying Ayade has become a reference point in his administration’s agricultural revolution. The President was speaking