By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has approved the composition of a special task force against illegal mining and a 7-man committee for state road infrastructure levy. Gov. Otu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche made the disclosure in two separate statements. The special task force
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent A Cross River State Government House Liberian, Mrs. Angelica Obi earlier today received a birthday surprise. Mrs. Obi who is domiciled in the office of the Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of the State, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche said it was an emotional affair for her since in
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has revealed plans to relocate the Lemna dumpsite. He visited the site and other places two weeks and some days after The ICIR-funded investigation that revealed large-scale procurement violations in contracts awarded in 2020 was published. The investigation showed that the contract to
By Sylvia Akpan – Government House Correspondent, Mary Bassey – House of Assembly Correspondent, and Wisdom Okon Sen. Ben Ayade, former governor of Cross River State has handed over to Sen. Bassey Edet Otu. The former governor during his valedictory speech before handing over power to Sen. Otu at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar, Ayade
The article by my friend Agba Jalingo raises concerns about Cross River State’s increasing debt burden and questions the strategies that Sen. Bassey Otu, the incoming governor, plans to adopt to address this issue. Agba highlights key statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Debt Management Office, indicating the growth of both external
By Our Reporters The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Cross River State has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Prince Bassey Otu as Governor-elect of Cross River State in the March 18th election. The State Returning Officer of INEC, Prof. Teddy Charles Adias made the declaration at Mike Igini hall in Calabar,
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court has reserved November 24, 2022, to deliver judgment on a suit by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its Cross River guber candidate, Senator Sandy Onoh seeking the disqualification of the guber and deputy guber candidates of the All
By The Parchment Leader of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey has been officially unveiled as the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the State. The event which took place at the Ogoja Council hall in Ogoja Local Government Area was performed by the State Chairman of APC,