Palliatives
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ICYMI: UNICROSS ASUU Stages Peaceful Protest Over Delayed Palliatives

Favour Adinya Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Cross River State chapter, have staged a peaceful protest over non payment of sixty thousand (60) Naira palliatives ASUU and her members staged the protest in the Calabar main campus of UNICROSS, marched round the premises and touched down the Vice Chancellor’s

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Breaking News Politics

#EndBadGovernance: Army, Police Escort Palliatives Truck Out Of Calabar As Woman Escapes Lynching

By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than three trucks said to be laden with palliatives have been escorted out of Calabar, the Cross River State capital by a combined team of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police Force. This comes amidst news report of Governor Bassey Otu visiting the warehouse of the State Emergency Management

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Breaking News Reports

Suspected Hoodlums Attack NUJ Palliatives, As UNICROSS Lost 3 To Fatal Crash In Cross River

By Godwin Ajom Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday attacked a vehicle conveying palliatives of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Cross River State chapter and injured a few along the Barracks Road, Calabar. The attack happened when the hoodlums attempted to halt the NUJ bus that had left the government warehouse at Barracks Road, laden with

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Breaking News Opinion

Do We Vote For Development Or For Palliatives… BY AGBA JALINGO

Let me start by defining what palliative is. “A medicine or form of medical care that relieves symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition.” If you are 30 years today, and politically active, and commenting on social media, that means in 1999, when democracy returned to Nigeria and when Nigeria adopted the Constitution

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Breaking News Civic Space

Bickering, Discordant Tunes In Cross River After Persons With Disability Protest Over Diversion Of Palliatives

“Persons with disabilities in Cross River State deserve fair and equal access to the support that has been allocated for them, and we look to your leadership to ensure that their rights are upheld

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Breaking News Politics

Governor Otu Set To Flag Off Palliative Distribution In The State

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu is set to flag off palliative distribution in Cross River State. The palliative distribution and flag-off is set to commence today, 10th October, 2023 at Management Development Institute, Mary Slessor Avenue. A press release made available by Governor Otu’s Chief Press Secretary, 

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Breaking News Politics

Cross River Palliative Distribution Committee Get More N500 Million, As Distribution Begins Next week

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Palliative Distribution Committee has received an additional N500 million from Governor Bassey Otu for the purchase of more commodities as part of the palliative program of the State to cushion the hash impact of the fuel subsidy removed by the Federal Government. In a press

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Breaking News Reports

Governor Otu Implements Free Tuition, Exempt Examination Fees

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has implemented free tuition fees for Cross Riverians in Public and Secondary Schools in the State. In a memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government and Chairman of the Palliative Distribution Committee – Professor Owan Enoh, Governor Otu also exempted

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