By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State’s Capital, Calabar buzzed with activity as agriculturists and business development professionals convened for a conference on the agricultural value chain. The event, held in commemoration of MSME Week 2024, underscored the importance of agriculture for economic prosperity. Experts from...
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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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Ahead of the forthcoming World Refugee Day celebration on June 20, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative, Arjun Jain, has paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Prince Bassey Edet Otu. During the interaction, the...
A truck driver with Transport Service Limited (TSL), Ms Peace Kefikebusa, has said that she ran into women, who abused her for being a truck driver. Kefikebusa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Calabar. Noting that being a trailer...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of its continued drive towards the actualization of its mandate of Poverty alleviation, employment generation and wealth creation, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flag off the empowerment of 36 unemployed youths across the state in six trendy skills:...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Organiser of the MTN Track and Field Athletics Championship has said more Patience Okon and Tobi Amusun will be produced at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The MTN Season 2 track and field Athletics Championship would kick off this morning at the UJ...
No fewer than 2,300 athletes across Nigeria have registered for the grand finale of the National Secondary School Championship known as MTN Champs. This was made known by Mr Bambo Akani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Making of Champions, on Monday in Calabar. Akani said the...
Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Egbe Ayuk, has disclosed that only 196 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) of the 1,045 centres spread across the state are functional. The commissioner made the disclosure in Calabar on Tuesday during a briefing to mark this year’s World Health Day which has...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State First Lady, Mrs Eyoanwan Bassey Otu has commissioned no fewer than 120 new stalls in Akim Market, Calabar Municipality. Speaking at the event, Rev Otu affirmed that the new market stalls would enhance the trading environment. “By revitalizing and modernizing...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Director General, Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA), Mr. Great Ogban has said the season of sweetness will be positively impactful on entrepreneurs in the state, as the Governor Bassey Otu will strengthen the business community in the state...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has declared that Cross River State shall soon become the richest state in the entire world. Addressing a mammoth crowd of faithful inside UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two young men were hospitalized in Calabar after they were injured by an electricity spark from a high-tension pole on Saturday afternoon. The incident took place at the high-tension electricity pole near 20 White Street in the Calabar South Local Government Area of...
The policep command in Cross River on Thursday paraded a 30-year-old man who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on the last Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Amber Ubung carried out the act when his lover, Blessing Onawu, 25, reneged...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has granted scholarship to the children of a staunch loyalist of his, Prince Offiong Effiwatt, who died on December 25, 2023. The Governor announced the scholarship award during a surprise condolence visit to the family home of...
A former Commandant of the Navy War College, Rear Admiral Murtala Bashir (rtd.), has said the Nigerian Navy’s onslaught against oil thieves saved the nation 91,725.26 barrels of crude in 2023. Bashir made the disclosure in a paper he presented at the inauguration of the Naval Warfare Course...
A driver with an e-hailing company, Mr Kingsley Benson, on Monday saved a passenger who was on a suicide mission in Calabar. The driver, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), explained that he had observed something quite unusual with his passenger when she boarded his vehicle....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Overseer of Faith Mansion World Center, City of Testimony Ikot Eneobong 8 Miles, Bishop Emmah Gospel Isong has predicted that there will be an old case files that will be brought against the Senate President Godswill Akpabio in 2024. ...
he Cross River chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the non release of its member and a Professor of medicine, Ekanem Ephraim, after 148 days in captivity. The chapter Chairman, Dr Felix Archibong, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on...
A driver with an e-hailing company, Bolt, in Calabar, on Wednesday night escaped with gun injuries from the hands of his alleged abductors in the Cross River capital city. The incident which occurred along Nelson Mandela Street by Target in Calabar South Local Government Area, had the...
The activities of kidnappers and armed robbers have continued to instill fear among residents of Calabar, the capital city of Cross River, within the last few months, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. In separate interviews with NAN in Calabar on Wednesday, the respondents said they...