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12 Arrested For Illegal Taxation In Cross River

By Edem Edem, DailyNews The chairman of the Cross River Anti Tax Agency, Bishop Emmah Isong, has condemned the action of illegal tax and toll collectors in the State. Speaking in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Bishop Isong regretted the actions of these illegal collectors explaining that “the enforcement of Governor Ben Ayade’s Anti

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#PhotoNews: Governor Ayade Host First Female UNICAL VC

By Archibong Jeremiah Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has hosted first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi. Prof. Obi was received at the Governor’s office. See pictures below from Egbelo Edward Ntebri, Media aide to the Governor.

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Cocoa: We’ve Displaced Some South West States – Cross River Government

By Fred Ezeh, The Sun Newspaper Cross River State Government has disclosed that revenue from farming, particularly cocoa, has replaced oil revenue as the major source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) used for infrastructural development and other needs of the State. The State Government explained that since the Supreme Court judgment that ceded 76 oil

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COVID-19 Isolation Center Set Up In Afokang Prison

By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper To prevent the outbreak of any dangerous disease in Calabar Correctional Service Custodial Center, the authority of the Center in Cross River State has solicited and received support from the State Government to equip and operate an isolation ward. The Calabar Correctional Custodial Center, located in Afokang Street in

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Cross River Judiciary Crippled, Office Of Chief Judge Vacant For Seven Days

By Archibong Jeremiah Judicial activities in Nigeria’s South South Cross River State, has been crippled for seven (7) days now because of the vacuum in the office of the Chief Judge of the State. Justice Maurice Eneji’s tenure as the acting Chief Judge of the State expired on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Findings revealed that

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NGO Donates Eye Theater Complex To Cross River Government

By Patrick Obia The Calabar Canaan City Lions Club, a service organisation on Wednesday in Calabar, witnessed the first eye surgery performed at an eye theater complex it donated in 2019 to the Cross River State Government. The complex is located at the General Hospital Calabar and is managed by the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF).

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ACROJ Lauds Magistrate For Refusing To Be A Tool Of Press Oppression

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ, has reaffirmed its faith in the Cross River Judiciary as it thumps up Magistrate, for standing by the path of justice. ACROJ in a press release signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Comrade Darlington Edem and Comrade Archibong Jeremiah went on to say

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ACROJ Lauds New Head Of Mass Com CRUTECH

By Patrick Obia As congratulatory messages continues to pour on the new Head of Department, Mass Communication in Cross River University of Technology ( CRUTECH), Mr. Cornelius Ellah on his recent appointment, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) congratulates him on his new position. ACROJ in a congratulatory letter signed by its Chairman and

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