By Okwo Kerry The Cross River State Vehicle Inspection Unit in collaboration with the Department of Public Transportation have begun sensitization campaign for all road users in the State and environs with the theme “Say No To Road Crash 2015” in preparation for the festive period usually called Ember Months (September ,October, November and December).
By Our Correspondent A former Nigerian ambassador to Ethiopia and Member of the immediate past House of Representatives, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo has been appointed Lead Special Advisor to Governor Ben Ayade on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Ita, in
By Our Correspondent As part of activities to ensure that the 37 queens of the 2015 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) are fully acclimatized, the Cross River State Government, yesterday organised a cocktail dinner, in which the girls were serenaded to scintillating mixture of drinks, music and dance. The event which took place at
By Archibong Jeremiah/Monday Ogar The University of Calabar, UNICAL has been shut down for two weeks by the school management after a protest by the students this morning disrupted academic and other activities on campus and its environs. The students took to the streets to protest the bad state of facilities in the school hostels
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency (CTRA) has accused the various transport unions which are Franchisees of government of being responsible for the chaos and ‘insanity’ in the transport sector of the State. The franchisees include the Association of Urban Taxi (AUT), Calabar Urban Taxi (CUT), JOFINO, Eburutu Lines and
By Our Correspondent No fewer than one Thousand inhabitants of Adiabo Community in Odukpani Local government Area of Cross River State, where the Obong of Calabar comes from have been dewormed by the medical and health Care group of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The intervention by the NYSC group was part of their
By Our Correspondent Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that the Assembly is set to domesticate the Administration of Justice Sector Reform Act into the laws of the state. The Act is a Law of the National Assembly enacted in May 2015 by the Jonathan
By Our Correspondent In its renewed effort to totally eradicate the Human Immune Virus (HIV), particularly mother to child transmission (MTCT), Country Director of United Nations, Mr. Bilali Camara has set 2020 deadline to end the transmission of the virus in Cross River and Nigeria at large. Camara who dropped the hint yesterday during a