By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Pana Holdings, aimed at unlocking the state’s vast gas and solid minerals deposit to drive industrialization, job creation, and sustainable economic growth. The agreement, signed in the State Executive Council Chamber in Calabar,
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN The average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,456.56 in August to N4,474.48 in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. It stated in its “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for September 2022 released on Saturday in Abuja that the September price was a 0.40 per cent increase
By Abdulrahman Adebayo Listen To The Report Sherifat Azeez untied her headgear as she walked this reporter into her living room. Its roughly patched walls and largely broken ceiling were the most striking features in the room. The kitchen where she earlier showed this reporter was a dimly lit space with unpainted walls darkened by
The glow of satisfaction and achievement that adorned Governor Ayade’s face, as he appraised himself after the test run of power evacuation from the 23 megawatts Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), power plant he has constructed in Calabar, was very memorable. He doubled the excitement by renaming the project after himself “Ayade Power Plant” according
By CrossRiverWatch Admim Chairman of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) Mr. Edem Darlington has been appointed as member into the community interface committee of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board is building an oil and gas industrial park in Onim-Ankiong community in
By David Nsa Some families have now been rendered homeless after fire ate up their home (properties inclusive) No. 14 Foster street, off Main Avenue in Calabar South, Cross River State. Our reporter who arrived the scene early hour of Tuesday morning gathered that the fire started at about 6pm the previous day from an
By Obeten Godfrey The Cross River State Commissioner for Gas Resources, Barr. Chris Njar has said that there is clear evidence of gas deposits in the State. He made this known yesterday when he spoke as a guest on a radio program “The Dialogue with Agba Jalingo” at Hit 95.9FM Calabar which holds every Sunday.
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has condoled with all the families of those who lost their lives in the series of fire incidents in the State. The state Commissioner for Information, Rosemary Archibong expressed the condolences of the state government yesterday in Calabar. Over 10 persons were reportedly killed in an inferno