EFFIONG BASSEY, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has suspended the 14-month-old curfew in the state. The governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr Linus Obogo, announced the suspension of the curfew in a statement issued on Saturday. The curfew was imposed in October 2020, following the massive...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has begun moves to make its examinations compulsory in schools across the 36 states of the federation. The council, in a statement by its Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani, said it has secured the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Daniel Edem Bassey, A Bamboo dealer near the Calabar River has lost property worth thousand of naira including physical cash of three hundred and fifty thousand naira as fire razed down his home at Edet Ansa street Bayside Calabar, Cross River State. According to the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Despite its installed capacity of 240000 birds per day, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has said the state owned chicken processing factory, Calachika, has been hit by soaring demands ahead of Christmas celebration. Governor Ayade made this known during the weekend while conducting the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar -: Cross River State Commissioner for Rural Transformation Okokon Effiom has instituted the “Madam Beatrice Akinsheye Ayade Foundation for Best Journalists in the state. The award which is exclusively made for Correspondent Chapel members will commence on January 2022. In an interactive session with the Executive...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State swelled on Thursday as prominent chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southern Senatorial District of the state and thousands of their supporters joined its rank. At a rally in...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A governorship aspirant for the 2023 election in Cross River State, Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has declared that the state required urgent attention in what he called a “rescue mission”. Archibong said the state needs a team leader who has capacity to tap, harness and manage...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar has hinted that the Ayade-led administration inherited a whopping sum of 400 billion naira debt from his predecessors. Mr. Oga disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Calabar...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has said over 5,000 participants are expected to attend the 3rd edition of Leader Olumba Olumba Obu annual public lecture series in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital this weekend. Addressing Journalists at the (BCS) Headquarters, the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has given assurance that the implementation of the report of the Debt Review and Project Development Commission which he set up last year would not be an instrument for witch-hunt. Governor Ayade, who stated this while receiving the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former President of DR Congo, Dr Joseph Kabila and that of Mozambique, Joaquin Alberto Chissano are expected in Calabar next week, where they are billed as keynote speakers at the 3rd Leader Olumba Olumba Obu public lecture on global peace and unity. Other dignitaries includes...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Linda Ayade, Wife of Governor Ben Ayade on Monday said the state government is targeting no less than nine hundred children across the 18 local government Area’s for the second phase of vaccination against Poliomyelitis. The First Lady said this in Calabar during the official...
—To participate in World University Start-Up in Denmark 2022 PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Janeth Odey, a 400 level student of Radiography, University of Calabar has emerged champion of this year Nigeria Students Venture Prize (NSVP) held at Transcorp Hotel Calabar Cross River State, carting away N1.5million. The Nigerian Students...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of poor funding and logistics, the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Calabar has appealed to public-spirited groups and individuals to support the feeding of long-staying patients. Managing Director of the hospital, Dr Joseph Edet made the appeal when Cross River State Bishops’ Forum of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented over the death of the Second Republic Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, describing his death as a monumental loss to Cross River State in particular and Nigeria as a whole. Dr Wayas died in the early hours...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The management of The University of Calabar has launched a one-stop Adolescent and Youth Friendly Centre for the benefit of students and staff of the institution. The two storey building, which has an indoor sports facility, digital hub and a section for HIV/AIDs services, was...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal lawmaker, Senator Gershom Bassey representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District has said that Nigeria is now the 2nd highest on unemployment index globally. Senator Bassey said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. According to the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has commiserated with the President of Coscharis Group, Cosmas Maduka over the death of his wife, Charity Maduka. In a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, Ayade said he received Mrs...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Gershom Bassey the Senate Committee Chairman on Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), on Monday said the Federal Government needs over N400b for the Rehabilitation of all Federal roads in Nigeria. Senator Bassey, who disclosed this in a statement in Calabar, said, “we are oversighting...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, on Monday suspended the 2021 Calabar Carnival. The Governor’s suspension of the 2021 Carnival at State Executive Council Chamber, took many by surprise as the governor had last week announced that the 2021 carnival will hold. The stakeholders meeting...