By Uchino Amatey; Agency Report Following the approval of the Governor of Cross River State Senator Ben Ayade, for the recruitment of 2000 teachers and 500 security men for primary schools across the State, the State Universal Basic Education Board is calling for on-line applications from candidates of Cross River State origin who possess NCE
By Uchino Amatey: Agency Reports The Cross River Government has said that it will soon release promotion letters to teachers for the years spanning 2009 to 2016. The Executive Chairman of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Stephen Odey stated this Friday in Calabar during a chat with newsmen. “This is a backlog of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River government has called on the federal government to properly equip the Nigerian Navy in order for it to effectively patrol the maritime corridor in the state in order to sustain the drastic reduction in militancy and kidnapping activities which were possible due to the high number
By Jonathan Ugbal Barely 24 hours after the National Economic Council announced plans to decentralize the Nigeria Police Force, the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has condemned the lack of effective measures to check the widespread killing s and violence in the country and called for an overhaul of the security architecture. This was contained
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayadr has called for an international boundary patrol agency to curb the menace of transborder crimes which is currently plaguing the state. Ayade who said the agitation for secession in the republic of Cameroon which borders the state has had an impact on the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Benue State Police Command has rescued a 40-year-old Cameroonian woman who was allegedly kidnapped in 1990, under a spell in Calabar, where she had gone to sit for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination (JAMB). Narrating her ordeal during the 28 years long captivity to Channels Television, Ms Martha Eyong
By Jonathan Ugbal A combined team of Police and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday (Sunday) arrested a half loaded truck containing wood suspected to be gotten from illegal logging at Rabana roundabout in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The truck is said to have disguised the wood and
By Jonathan Ugbal Niger Delta affairs minister, Pastor Usani Usani has said that Nigeria is heading towards what was experienced in Cambodia if the current trend of insecurity is not been tackled. Usani was speaking at the public lecture on security organized by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kpotun Idris in Uyo, the Akwa