By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has approved the composition of a special task force against illegal mining and a 7-man committee for state road infrastructure levy. Gov. Otu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche made the disclosure in two separate statements. The special task force
By Patrick Obia, Mary Bassey, Sylvia Akpan, Veronica Utsu, Wisdom Okon, and Winnard Able In a major policy announcement during President Bola Tinubu’s May 29th inauguration, the government said there will be a removal of fuel subsidy. The subsidy, which has been in place for decades, has been a major drain on the country’s finances.
By Able Winnard The Chairman of Cross River Civil Society Network, Leader Benedict Effiom Usang has urged State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu to unveil his subsidy amelioration strategy. Leader Usang made the call recently in a Facebook post. President Bola Tinubu declared that there would no longer be a petroleum subsidy regime as the current
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross Riverians in the Diaspora (CRID) is set to inaugurate its pioneer executive council members. The inauguration event is billed to hold online (zoom) according to information made available to our newsroom by Dr. Julius Uti Nchor, Chairman of CRID Board of Directors. “On behalf of the leadership, I write to invite
By Archibong Jeremiah The three-man committee to review the transition report set up by the new Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has invited selected individuals to a meeting. The notice of the meeting scheduled to hold tomorrow Monday, in a cluster was signed by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary of the Committee.
By CrossRiverWatch Admim Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th president. Tinubu, who was declared the winner of the February 25 presidential election was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, at Eagle Square, Abuja. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Cross River State governor Ben Ayade has embarked on a commissioning spree as he inaugurated four industries in one fell swoop. The industries are some of his legacy projects. They include the 24, 000 birds per day chicken processing factory known as Calachika which is the first of its kind
By Sylvia Akpan The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Cross River State chapter has inaugurated Dr. Trinity Ogar as Chairman. Dr. Trinity was inaugurated along with other executive members yesterday, at Gold City Gospel Ministry International, Calabar, the state capital. The National Inauguration chairman, Archbishop Joseph-Ojo, during his message to the past and present administration,