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...
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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...
Operators of Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have increased their charges by 100 per cent for all transactions, following the scarcity of naira notes in the capital city. The operators spoke on the development in separate interviews with the News Agency of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar -. Delta born athlete, Promise Omoro has won the 2023 HOWSA mini marathon race in the male category while Patience Okon who has represented the state and country in Olympics and Commonwealth Games. While Patience Okon George won the star prize at the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has said the state is ready to host the tourism world at this year’s Carnival Calabar International Festival. Otu, who made the assertion, Sunday, while flagging-off the third carnival dry run at the Millennium Park in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Retired police officers have petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and all Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) over Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). In their statement which was made available by our correspondent on Sunday and signed by Peter...
Cross River State-owned airline, Cally Air, managed by Aero, has resumed flight operations at Margaret Ekpo International Airport, to address the increasing air traffic to Calabar. Receiving the Boeing 737 – 5N BYR Plane, Tuesday at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, the State Governor, Sen Bassey Otu commended...
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has said arrangements have been concluded to boost the state-owned airline, Cally Air, with three additional planes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Governor made the disclosure during the inauguration of a Boeing 737 – 5N BYR Plane into...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has sought collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government in a bid to address food security, Water And Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) in the state. Otu made the call, while playing host...
Police in Cross River State on Sunday arrested a fleeing suspect in Saturday’s abduction of a former INEC employee. The suspect was hiding in the ceiling of his girlfriend’s house in Calabar when he was arrested.poli He has confessed that the victim’s tenant initiated the abduction. Police spokesperson,...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB), Nigerian Navy, Ibaka Akwa Ibom, has arrested and handed over four Ghanaians and 10 Nigerian suspects to the Federal Department of Fisheries, Calabar. The Commanding Officer FOB, Capt. Uche Aneke, while handing over the vessel and suspects on Wednesday, said they...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has assured Cross Rivererians that the responsibility of taking the state to greater heights remains the core of his administration. Governor Otu echoed his commitment on Thursday, during the All Progressives Congress, APC, Stakeholders Meeting held at the Calabar...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In its continued drive towards the actualization of its mandate of Poverty alleviation, Employment generation and wealth creation, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) up has flagged off the training of 40 unemployed youths across the state in four trendy skills: welding, Aluminum fabrication,...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has said that his activities since assumption of office do not suggest he is probing the work done by the past administration. Umahi said this in Calabar on Friday after the inspection of federal roads in Cross River. He, however,...