By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria In 2012, the Ondo State government launched a free shuttle bus scheme for primary and secondary school students, picking them up to school and returning them back home after school. The project was expected to reduce the burden of high transportation costs on parents and guardians, thereby reducing lateness
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Commuters plying the Calabar – Ikom highway are currently stranded at Ibiae, Biase Local Government Area due to traffic jam following an accident by a truck. The truck’s bucket which holds the goods tipped over while the truck was trying to cross a culvert under reconstruction as part of the work for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has cut short the four year tenure of the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Akin Ricketts. Mr. Ricketts, a former Commissioner of Information in Cross River State was appointed on March 10, 2020 alongside Muhammed Koko, Prof. Idris Abdulkadir and Onari Brown as Executive Directors.
By Obeten Godfrey A new online taxi service, Instant Ryde has launched in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with a promise to aid movement and provide comfort for commuters. The move comes after Mr. Ubi who owns the Made Men Music Group had launched Instant Pick Up, an online laundry service in Lagos state
By Jonathan Ugbal Taxi and bus drivers on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the department of public transport (DOPT) office along Leopard Town road in Calabar protesting alleged extortion from them by the government. The drivers said that they are been harassed by DOPT officials daily in the metropolis who continuously milk them dry under
By Jonathan Ugbal Arik Air on Tuesday announced that it will resume flight operations on the Abuja-Calabar (ABV-CBQ) and Abuja-Uyo routes from Friday, December 15 a statement from its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, issued in Lagos read. Mr. Adebanji said the airline was increasing its capacity ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations to enable
By Emmanuel Unah A transportation firm in Cross River, Peace Mass Transit has threatened to leave the state if the trend of multiple taxes and levies imposed on it by agents of the government continues. The Managing Director of the Company, Mr. Sam Onyishiin a letter addressed to the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong
By Ushang Ewa The transport fares within the city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital which hiked by 100 percent on Tuesday as reported by CrossRiverWatch is due to an alleged face-off between the Cross River State Government and the state chapter of the Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) findings reveal. Normal rates of