Technology, according to the Oxford online dictionary, “is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.” It is said to have first appeared in the English language in the 17th century when it was used to describe a discussion of the applied arts only. Gradually, those “arts” themselves came to be the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Chairman of Calabar South Local Government Council, Mrs. Esther Edet Bassey has debunked news making rounds that the LGA’s polling unit ad-hoc staff have not been paid for January 2022. In a statement, she said payments were made from wards 1-12 accordingly. See the list of beneficiaries below:
By Ola Blessing Two teenagers have been arrested in Calabar by men of the Nigerian Police today for allegedly stealing electric cables along the IBB Way. The apprentices eyewitness said they were apprentices in the shop where they stole the wires. The eyewitness who spoke in anonymity added that the boys claimed that the owner
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Commissioner for Health in Cross River, Dr. Betta Edu has emerged as the consensus aspirant from the state for the position of Woman Leader ahead of the March 26, 2022, national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The position is one of those zoned to the south-south region of the
By Esther Okoi For efficiency, accountability, and proper representation of the Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS), the State Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Cross River State Chapter, Mr. Benedict Okache has called for more sensitization of taxpayers and the harmonization of tax collection across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River representative of Sermatech Nigeria limited, handling the dualization of Calabar-Itu road, Mr. Ento Edako says community members should be blamed for the deliance in the job delivery. The project which is now funded by NNPC extends from Oku-Iboku in Akwa Ibom State to the Odukpani power plant in Cross River
By Archibong Jeremiah A lifeless baby has been found in a refuse bin in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The dead child’s remains were dumped at the refuse bin located at Ekorinim junction, in front of Kaves Hotel. The baby appears to be close to a year old and looked sick. As of the
By Sylvia Akpan The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution plc (PHED) in a public service announcement has expressed its dissatisfaction over the current intermittent disruption in power supply experienced in its franchise area: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, and River State. The announcement was made on its Facebook page. It revealed that the cause of the