By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has denied claims that it stopped its free medical programs for pregnant women and children under five years of age as the proposed State Health Insurance Scheme which is been implemented has expanded the program to children under 18. The Director General of the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it will in a couple of weeks sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Chad on the proposed Bakassi deep seaport. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade stated this Tuesday when he hosted some Federal Lawmakers in the state for oversight
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The House of Representatives has decried the deplorable state of federal roads in Cross River State with a promise to ensure that the state gets its fair share of appropriation in the 2017 appropriation in a bid to ensure smooth movement of goods and services. The House of Representatives
By Emma Una Police have confirmed the arrest of three persons in Calabar over the stabbing to death of one David Agama, a chief security officer with Cross River State Cultural Center Board, by unknown persons. The arrest of the suspects, which include the deceased’s girlfriend, according to the Cross River Police Command Public Relations
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government Thursday in Calabar inaugurated two Program-for-Results (PforR) committees to access and manage the USD1.5 million made available to the state from the World Bank’s USD500million facility given to the Federal Government. The fund is to execute the Federal Government’s ‘Saving One Million Lives’ (SOML) initiative and
By Ushang Ewa At least one life has been lost to the recent communal clash between Kutia and Ukpe communities of Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. Obudu is about 300 Kilometers north of Calabar, the state capital and has recently seen an upsurge in criminal activities and communal crisis with the
By Inyali Peter The Cross River state government has lauded the impact created by the humanitarian gesture of the state command of the Peace Corps of Nigeria across the state. The state governor, Senator Ben Ayade who made the commendation when he joined the command to present gift items worth millions of naira and cash
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba says there is need for Cross Riverians to close ranks and stop fighting proxy wars as this is the best opportunity to develop the state. “Let me use this opportunity for me to tell penchants of division, those whose only