By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River House of Assembly has resolved to lift the ban on logging in the State, directing the Clerk to write to the Governor. During the plenary Tuesday 4 July 2023, the member representing Boki 1 Constituency, Hon.Obi Philip Bette raised a motion to that effect, positing
By Patrick Obia The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has placed a total ban on the activities of all commercial motorcyclists within the Calabar metropolis. This was contained in a press release signed and made available by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche stating the directive is geared towards ensuring
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Nigeria The Cross River Police Command on Friday warned that it will no longer condone any form of street protest by any group in the State, stressing that a lot of strange elements were waiting to leverage on such avenues to carry out mayhem. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru
By Archibong Jeremiah In view of the scheduled 2020 Local Government election slated for tomorrow, Saturday, 30 May across the the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State, movement has been restricted. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Uche Anozia, fsi in a press release “banned the movement of persons or group of persons between the
By Archibong Jeremiah The unauthorised and illegal use of siren, revolving light, covered and spy plate numbers has been banned in Cross River State by the Police. Nkereuwem Akpan, Cross River State Commissioner of Police in a statement on his behalf by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo announced the ban which takes effect
By Archibong Jeremiah Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President, Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian State Governors and other