By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Military troops of 13 Brigade operating under 82 Division Nigerian Army on Tuesday, intercepted a vehicle laden with explosives and assorted ammunition around Utanga village toward Obudu Mountains in Cross River. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday,...
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The Trade Union Congress (TUC), Cross River chapter, has warned of an impending industrial action in the state over issues bothering of workers welfare. The Chairman of the union in the state, Mr Monday Ogbodum, issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 540 unemployed youths in various vocational skills in Cross River State. Speaking during the flag off ceremony of the training exercise on Friday, the Director General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo enjoined...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman of Cross River State Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS), Akpanke Ogar has assured key players in the gaming industry that their tax rate would not be increase despite the economic down turn. Mr. Ogar stated this on Tuesday in Calabar, while addressing stakeholders...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar Former Kano State Governor, Rabui Musa Kwankwaso has pledged to tackle insecurity, provide quality education and initiate good economic policies that will boost the country’s economy if elected president in forthcoming 2023 general election. Alhaji Kwankwaso made the pledge on Monday while delivering a speech...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The remains of the late Cross River State Chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Comrade Albert Archibong Andinam (JP) has been laid to rest in Calabar, the state capital. The late sport enthusiast suffered from an ailment while receiving treatment at the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has promised to give priority to the dredging of Calabar Port if nominated and elected in the 2023 general election. Tinubu said this on Thursday in Calabar at Transcorp...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Edde Iji Edde, a Professor of Theater and Communication Art University of Calabar has emerged the State Chairman of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP). Prof. Edde, who is a former Commissioner in the State was the sole aspirant for the office of Chairman and...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) aspirant for the Bakassi/Akpabuyu/Calabar South Federal Constituency, Andrew Thomas, has given an assurance that if nominated and elected, he would provide effective representation by doing things differently. Mr. Thomas, who is an American veteran journalist gave the pledge on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Sandy Onor has emerged as the winner of the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State. Senator Onor, the Federal lawmaker representing Cross River Central Senatorial District polled 236 votes to defeat his closest rival, Senator Gershom Bassey,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A former Cross River State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ntufam Ekpo Okon has clinched the party’s tickets as Cross River South Senatorial candidate for the 2023 general election. Announcing the results of the primary election, held at Vanecia Arena in Calabar,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has laid out his plans on how he would address Nigeria’s electricity problem should he become the country’s next president. Governor Ayade unveiled his blueprint in an...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Girls Guides Association (NGGA), a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has partnered the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), UN Woman National Orientation Agency (NOA) National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and community leaders in an efforts to encourage women’s participation in the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Friday said President Mohamadu Buhari would commission for the first time the controversial 2nd Niger Bridge in Anambra State, South East Nigeria. Senator Lawan, a leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), disclosed this...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor and frontline presidential aspirant of the APC, Ben Ayade has received the report of the State Judicial Welfare Review Committee with a pledge to announce a new salary template for the state’s judicial officers within one week. Speaking on Thursday...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has carried out the training of 130 unemployed youths in Cross River State in its effort to reduce the rising unemployment rate in the state Speaking at the Opening Ceremony on Monday, The Director General, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that if voted president of Nigeria, he will replace sharing formula of monthly allocation with production formula. Obi, an industrialist, said this in Calabar when he visited delegates of the PDP toward the forthcoming party’s presidential...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government’s desire to concession the Calabar and Kano Free Trade Zones (FTZs) is for them to be able to catalyse business in the West African sub-region, through strategic production of goods and services that optimise the vast potential of the industrial axis...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has reconstituted the Cross River State Electoral Commission(CROSIEC) ahead of next year Local Government election. Governor Ayade in a memo by issued by The Attorney General and Honourable Commissioner for Justice, Tanko Ashang appointed Prof Mike Ushie as chairman...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has pledged to turnaround the country’s fortunes for good if given the privilege to lead as Nigeria’s president in 2023. Governor Emmanuel, who is one of the leading presidential aspirants under the platform of the PDP, gave the assurance...