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UNICAL Don Shot Dead 5 Days After Convocation

By Ushang Ewa A lecturer in the department of accounting of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was gunned down Thursday night at his Amika Utuk by Uwanse residence in Calabar, the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Dr. Emmanuel Igbo Igbeng drove home at about 9:00 PM Thursday night with an unidentified female, he

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Again, FG Faults EIA Report On 260KM Cross River Superhighway

By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government Thursday in Calabar said the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed 260km Superhighway presented by Cross River State government failed to meet international standards. The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organized by the ministry in Calabar and accused the

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NLC, TUC In Cross River Issue FG 21 Day Ultimatum Over Signature Projects

By Jonathan Ugbal   The organised labor in Cross River State Wednesday issued a 21 day ultimatum to the federal government on the release and subsequent approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the signature projects of the Governor Ben Ayade led government. The organised labor, an umbrella for the Nigeria Labour Congress

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Bakassi: Ayade Weeps Again, Blasts Obasanjo As FG Unveils Permanent Resettlement Plans For Returnees

By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again staged a public cry over the plight of Bakassi returnees 14 years after their ancestral home was ceded to the Cameroon’s following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in 2002. “The pain the Bakassi people have gone through is

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Court Dismisses APC’s Suit Against Cross River State Government

By Ogar Monday A Cross River State High Court sitting in the capital city of Calabar, Wednesday dismissed the suit brought before it by the All Progressive Congress(APC) in the state seeking among other things, the restraining of the Governor from appointing caretaker chairmen. The suit with suit no. HC/7/2017, sought to bar the second

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June 17 Local Government Elections Date Ploy By CROSIEC To Divert Attention – APC

By Jonathan Ugbal The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has described the release of elections timetable by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) as a ploy to divert attention and save face from an “embarrassing judgment.” In a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Mens Ikpeme Tuesday in Calabar,

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Senator Ayade And Leadership By Example BY SOLOMON ASHA

One of the cardinal objectives of an organized government at whichever level is not only to maintain law and order in such a society but to also provide for the social welfare of the people as well as protect their overall interests when it becomes lucid that it is being covertly or overtly trampled upon

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President Buhari’s Return A Great Relief From Anxiety Says Ndoma Egba

By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma Egba SAN, has described the return of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to the country after a 51-day medical vacation in the United Kingdom as a “great relief from anxiety.’’ In a statement issued by the Special Assistant, communication

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