By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent Cross River House of Assembly has resolved to call the Executive arm to revive Bebi Airstrip and other tourist sites across the State. The House unanimously agreed that the State needed to go back towards to it’s glory days, recognizing the economic benefits. This was the outcome of
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has urged security agencies to intensify its effort in securing and protecting the waterways. The charge to be more vigilant was dished during its session on Wednesday, 5 July 2023. Members took turns to commend the security agencies for their sacrifice
By Our Reporters The All Progressive Congress, APC, will not have a candidate at next week state’s legislative elections as the Supreme Court earlier today nullified the party’s primaries. In a Facebook post, Barrister First Baba Isa, Counsel to the Appellant, Otanya Odey, “the Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgment, agreed with our position and
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Francis Odachi Ekpo as the Director General, Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau. The House had deliberated on the request of the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, conveyed to it in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State
By News Agency of Nigeria Listen To The Report A total of 187 candidates from 12 political parties are contesting for the 25 available seats in the Cross River House of Assembly in the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the State, Cyril Omorogbe, at a news conference
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
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Newspaper Listen To The Report The Auditor General of Cross River State Government has said that the Government of Cross River State did not procure any foreign loan in 2020 contrary to the report by TheMail newspaper. An extensive investigation which lasted for eight months and was published last month revealed
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Listen To The Report In 2019, despite being the only State out of the 36 States of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, that exceeded borrowing ceiling due to high debt burden, Cross River State Government went on to acquire loans including an unapproved foreign loan of N1.4 billion. Yet,