By NAN The APC has announced the appointment of Sen. Kashim Shettima as the Chairman of its Cross River North Senatorial District Campaign Council for the by-election rescheduled for December 5, 2020. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabana, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday that the APC’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary
By Patrick Obia National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has urged the Federal Government to waive out two academic session school fees for students. Members of NANS and the Students Union Government Presidents Forum in Cross River State, James Ogbe, made the call while speaking as a guest on Hit 95.9 FM regular Sunday program,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cases of kidnapping in the once most peaceful State in Niger Delta’s Nigeria, Cross River, has increased within the last seven days with a total of seven people in the hostage takers den. Mrs. Eno Orok, asthmatic and hypertensive patient was abducted last night, Sunday from her bed while asleep. She was
By Johnny Edward, Punch Newspaper Taiwo Awoniyi has pleaded with the Cross River State Government to redeem the house pledge made to the team following their heroics at the 2013 U-17 World Cup in Qatar. Sunday, November 8, marked the seventh anniversary when the coach Manu Garba-led side extended the country’s grip on the cadet
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, and the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), have resolved their differences that emanated from the mayhem in the State during the #EndSARS protests. A former Governor of the state, Liyel Imoke, had earlier visited the Calabar monarch in his palace
By Edem Edem, Daily Post No fewer than 288 Special Constabulary (Community) Police Officers, who trained at the Police Training School, Odukpani, Cross River State have passed out. Addressing the officers on Friday, the Inspector-General of Police IGP Mohammed A. Adamu, said the program was initiated as one of the strategies of the Nigeria Police
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim Cross River State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and Restitution has entertained testimony from a victim, adjourns to Thursday, 19 November, 2020. The panel which is sitting in the Ministry of Justice, State Secretariat Calabar, commenced sitting 12 minutes behind schedule (10:12am) with six Policemen on guard; four inside and
By Patrick Obia and Kelvin Ololo Burglars have broken into Blessed Electronics shop located at No. 2 Ndidem Usang Iso (Marian) road, Calabar Municipality by Rabana roundabout and made away with valuables worth thousands of Naira. The looting was carried out Tuesday (10th November, 2020) night. The hoodlums made their way into the shop by