By Sylvia Akpan The Cross River Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Dr. Okweche Odey has met with officers from the three senatorial districts of the State to brief them, as President Mohammadu Buhari is set to assent the Peace Corps Bill. Odey noted that it is the first time in the history of
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Chapter of the Inclusive Forum for Accountable Society, IFAS, has held its quarterly meeting in Calabar. Speaking at the meeting, the Chapter President, Josephat Ogar said IFAS is a community-led initiative aimed at empowering citizens to participate in governance. Josephat held that there is a need for every
By CrossRiverWatch Arthur Jarvis University, the first private university in Cross River State, has held a convocation ceremony for 240 graduates of the institution and has installed Goddy Jeddy-Agba, the Minister Of State, Power, as Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the university located in Akpabuyo. Speaking at the convocation ceremony, Jedy-Agba thanked the management
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, has reminded Christians that without deep reflection on its central theme of love and sacrifice, Easter will amount to a mere hollow ritual. In an Easter message signed by his Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity, Barr. Christian Ita, the Governor therefore, admonished Christians across the
By Ogar Monday The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, a Federal Government Agency responsible for facilitating the ease of doing business in Nigeria, has listed Cross River as one of the worst States in Nigeria to do business. In the report made publicly available recently, Cross River State ranked 33 out of 37, with
By Ogar Monday The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Cross River has announced that it will on Friday this week issue Certificates of Return to candidates who won elections in the 2023 elections in the State. In a statement signed by Anthonia Nwobi, Head Voter Education and Publicity, INEC Cross River State, and dated
By Our Reporters The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Cross River State has moved the collation of the 2023 governorship and state house of assembly election result to Sunday 19 March 2023 by 5 p.m. The cause of the move at that time cannot be ascertained if it is to enable local government Collation Officers
By Jonathan Ugbal A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Obudu and presided over by J. E Agbejah has remanded one Mr. Azeh Gabriel for electoral offenses at the Medium Security Custodial Center in Ogoja after he was docked for violence and assault related to the Presidential and National Assembly election polls held on February 25,