By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River State has confirmed the collapse of two storey building in Calabar. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Eric Anderson confirmed the tragedy in a press statement saying the incident happened at Nta Eke Street, along the Efio-Ette axis of Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality of the
By Patrick Obia The 2022 Electoral Act in its section 84(12) warns that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” The political appointees this section spells out
By Mary Bassey and Isaac Jarigbe The Newly appointed Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Cross River State, Mr. Eric Anderson has gone on a familiarization tour of Agencies under his ministry, as well as chatting the way forward. He hit the ground less than 48 hours after his redeployment from the Commissioner for Culture
I’ve never benefited from the Government financially. Most people think Cross River and Donald Duke funded my film, The Amazing Grace. It’s wrong. The budget was 400,000 GBP ($800,000 then) of which the majority were foreign investments. What I got from Cross River State Government was the location to build my sets and accommodation for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unidentified corpse of a man found in the morning hours of Friday lying at the waste disposal site of Bateba Street by Etta Agbor, Calabar is being evacuated by the Cross River State Task Force on Refuse Evacuation and Cleanliness. According to its Chairman, Mr. Eric Anderson when called on phone said
By Ilam Patricia A man whose identity is yet to be gotten is said to have died while sleeping on a bench Thursday at Asim Ita street, Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River State Capital. While fielding questions from some eyewitness, Elizabeth Okon Attah said, “He sat on the bench, then slept off and suddenly started
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Ad-hoc Committee on Environment has given owners of abandoned vehicles seven days to evacuate them or have their vehicles impounded. A statement signed by its Chairman, Mr. Eric Anderson said such vehicles have continually constituted huge environmental hazards while also becoming grave danger to road users especially at
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Government has announced Saturday, July 27, 2019 as environmental sanitation day. His was contained in a statement issued by the immediate past commissioner for tourism in the State, Mr. Eric Anderson who currently heads a group of people tasked to take care of cleanliness and refuse evacuation issues.