By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River governor, Bassey Otu, has flagged off the maiden edition of Agbokim falls green marathon race at Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The race designed into three segments accommodated professionals, who embarked on 42km race while the locals engaged in 21...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Cross River State Government has solicited support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to build an edifice to house all practical skills for its state-owned university of Education and Entrepreneurship. Governor Bassey Otu, who made the appeal during a visit to TETFund on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to enable voters in the state participate fully in the councils elections scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Nsa Gill, announced this in a statement...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has proposed the sum of N498 billion as the state’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Presenting the proposal at the hallowed chambers of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, Governor Otu attributed N328 billion (66%) to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has flagged off the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the upcoming November 2 Local Government council elections. Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Peter Odey, performed the formal flag-off ceremony at the Ikom Township Stadium, Ikom on...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, who turned 65, last week Friday has explained why he opted for a low-key birthday celebration, citing Nigeria’s current economic downturn. Otu who was speaking during a live broadcast on Sparkling FM, explained that he could not, in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has urged Nigerians to shift their focus towards the long-term national objectives, rather than being preoccupied with the temporary challenges brought about by the current economic reforms spearheaded by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Otu made this call on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called on federal lawmakers to enact legislation that will boost economic activities and create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Governor Otu represented by his deputy, . Peter Odey made this appeal when he received in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar+ The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Efiom Edet, has called on Governor Bassey Otu to expeditiously assent to the Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Bill. The bill, recently passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly, aims to regulate the conduct...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has stated that the world is witnessing unprecedented levels of sufferings with millions injured as a result of conflict ravaging the world. He said this in a keynote address to mark the 2024 World Humanitarian Day and Symposium...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has signed a Matching Fund Collaboration of one billion naira (₦1Billion) with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) for the development of MSMEs in the state The state governor, Bassey Otu made the commitment in Abuja when...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a 365-kilometer railway to connect the southern part of the state with the north. The project is a Public-Private Partnership funded initiative driven by Messers Reinhoke LLC in partnership with the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A human rights lawyer, Ntufam Mba Ukweni (SAN) has charged the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu to heed to advice of the state Solicitor General on the contentious cocoa allocation issues in Etung local government area of the state in the interest...
Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu, on Friday said his administration has secured funding for a groundbreaking railway project to connect the southern and northern regions of the state. Otu made the disclosure at the State Executive Council meeting in Calabar. The governor said the railway line would...
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has lifted the 25-year embargo on employment into the State civil service. Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday. While noting that the last time mass employment...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has approved the sum of N10 billion for the payment of outstanding gratuity of retired civil servant in the state. A statement by Otu’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Nsa Gill, on Friday said the governor has equally...
The Federal Government has assured that the contractors handling the dualisation of the Calabar-Itu highway will soon return to site to resume work on the which served as a link between Akwa Ibom and Cross River. the Acting Controller of Works in Cross River, Mrs Adebisi Osim,said this...
Cross River State Government has declared a total suspension of logging activities in all parts of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Cross River on Saturday and made available to journalists. It would be recalled...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has assured the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), of his administration continued support and cooperation to enhance security, revenue generation and traffic management. Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, gave the assurance when...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio had boasted that the vote for President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is more than the 5 states in the entire South East region. The Senate President stated this on Sunday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) South-South...