By Patrick Obia The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government of Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet, has been honored as the foremost humanitarian and purposeful leader award in Cross River State. The accolade which is courtesy of the Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Chieftaincy Rural Development and
By Patrick Obia The Organized Labor in Cross River State has suspended it’s 30 day old industrial action in the state. In a press briefing in Calabar, Labor said they have temporarily suspended the action, and have given government four to five months to honor the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered else, workers will not
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Cross River Traditional Ruler’s Council, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet has said the monarchs will change the face of politics in the State. Etinyin Etim, who is also the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area said that the monarchs were changing the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi and Chairman of the Cross River state, Etinyin Edet Okon has said that the best way to tackle insecurity is to revert to traditional means used by forebears. The monarch stated this while addressing the Niger Delta Dialogue’s presentation and validation meeting of “The Reports on Insecurity
By Odey Ojeka Three communities in Yakurr which have been at loggerheads for decades have resolved to live in peace. The communities are, Inyima, Assiga and Ekpeti. The trio fight for a small piece of land that has claimed the lives of hundreds over the years may be over as a peace agreement was signed
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The 2019 re-election bid of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Monday received a huge boost as the State’s traditional rulers’ council threw its weight behind him for a second term, while declaring the state as wholly Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the council and Paramount
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council (TRC) has stopped the Igbo community from installing a king for the Igbos in the State. The TRC in a statement signed by the Chairman, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet who is also the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi and Dr. Patrick Oqua Agbor, the Paramount Ruler