By Laureta Akpan The Cross State House of Assembly yesterday hurriedly passed a “Medical Allowance Bill” to provide for medical pension of up to 300 percent of basic pay per annum for the outgoing lawmakers. The bill which has attracted public outcry in the face of the dwindling financial fortunes of the state was passed
By Odey Ojeka The Student Union Government President of the Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, Comrade Anthony Ulugah has been suspended by the students parliament for grievous misconduct. The suspension which took effect from16th of April 2015 was slammed on the SUG President following charges which included: (1) Showing lackadaisical attitude to overseeing
By CrossRiverWatch admin Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River state have reaffirmed the no- confidence vote passed on their embattled state chairman, Pastor Usani Usani urging the national leadership to among others suspend him from office to allow for a dispassionate investigation of the allegations levelled against him. The members
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ has accused the Cross River state government of being slow in demonstrating visible commitment to crime fighting in Calabar. ACROJ was reacting to the attack on a journalist, Mr. Eyo Charles, the Cros River State correspondent of the Daily Trust, by hoodlums in Calabar.
By Sylvia Etta Following a directive from the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress, APC to state chapters to send three names of ministerial nominees from each state, the APC in Cross River state on Monday sent three names to Abuja. In a meeting of the state excos and caucus which held at Mangel
By Archibong Jeremiah Following the resumption of public schools in Cross River State on Monday 20th April, 2015, the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT Chairman, Comrade Eyo Nsa Itam, has said that, he allowed members of his union to resume work only because he wanted to create room for discussion with
By Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to preserve custom and cultural values that sustained their ancestors before the advent of western civilization, the grand monarch and paramount ruler of Obudu local government area, Uti Joseph Agba has called on his people to return to communal living and being their brothers’ keeper. The monarch made this
By Jonathan Ugbal The stifling of unionism and abuse of unionists in educational institutions by staff is a recurrent decimal and this played out for the umpteenth time to close watchers as a lecturer in the Federal College of Education, Obudu told the institution’s students union government officials that they were “a bunch of nonsense”.