By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A chairmanship candidate of the Nigerian Football Association (NFA), Cross River State Chapter, Dr Eric Akpo has attributed the low level of sporting activities in the state to the poor performance of sports administrators. ” We have seen that things are stagnated in terms...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A senior advocate of Nigeria, Murtala Abdul-Rasheed has condemned the venue of the Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal venue over what he called deteriorating state of the High Court. He described the Tribunal venue as very shameful and disturbing. The state High Court...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Program coordinator of Worthy Association for Tracking Environmental Ruins (WATER) Chief Edwin Ogar on Monday said his organization has dragged the Cross River State Forestry commission to Court over what he called illegal logging in Ekuri Community despite the ban. Chief Ogar said...
Samuel Mbet-obong, former player of the Under 17 Nigerian Team, has appealed to members of the public for financial assistance to help him undergo an osteoarthritis surgery. Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis that occurs when flexible tissue at the end of bones wears down. Mbet-Obong, who played in...
Women employed as street sweepers in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South Local Government Areas of Cross River on Tuesday protested over the non payment of their stipends for about four months. The women, who protested at the entrance of the Governor’s Office in Calabar, had placards with inscriptions such...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive in Ward 8, Calabar Municipality, Cross River, has suspended Mr Ekpenyong Iso, the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of funds. The suspension is contained in a statement, jointly signed on Wednesday in Calabar by the Chairman...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Spokesman of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Amah Williams on Tuesday declared that over 150,000 brethren will converged at the U.J. Esuene Stadium Calabar from all part of the World for the Divine Numbering Mega Event on Sunday. He said...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed profound shock and sadness over the death of Mrs Ifeoma Kalu, wife of a former Governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Governor Ayade in a statement signed by his Special...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with Bankers’ Committee, on Monday carried out awareness and sensitisation campaign on cashless policy and e-Naira for traders at the popular watt market, Calabar. The awareness campaign featured a popular Nollywood actor, Imeh Bishop-Umoh, popularly called “Okon Lagos”. The Nollywood actor,...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River wants all those elected at the just-concluded general elections to work together, irrespective of party affiliations, to move the state forward. APC chairman in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, gave the charge on Monday in Calabar when he spoke with the...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – A coalition of INEC Accredited Observer Groups have said the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the electoral body in the Governorship and State Assembly election in Cross River State performed optimally at 97% accuracy. Dr. Nwambu Gabriel, the Coordinator of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor-elect, Bassey Otu, has warned that his government will have no place for ethnic champions who according to him, interpret life from the narrow prism of tribal worldview. The governor-elect stated this in his acceptance speech after being declared the winner...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Cross River on Friday threatened to punish collation and returning officers who engaged in sharp practices in the governorship and state house of assembly elections. Prof. Gabriel Yomere, INEC’S Resident Electoral Commissioner for Cross River, made the threats during a training in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has appealed to eligible voters in Cross River State to come out en mass and vote for the candidates of their choice during the Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections. The state coordinator of TMG, Ofem Ofem, made the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, deployed for Operation Akpakwu, have rescued the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River, Mrs Gertrude Njar, from captivity. Mrs. Njar, who has been under captivity for 35 days, was rescue by the troops on Wednesday around...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senate leader, Senator Ndoma Egba has decried a worrying trend where the Christian clergy in Nigeria are involved in partisan politics and turning their altars to political campaign platforms. Ndoma Egba said this on Wednesday in Calabar, during the Breakfast Prayer session organized...
Mrs Betta Edu, the National Women Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has called for inclusion of more women in the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Edu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Calabar while commemorating the 2023 International...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has warned all political appointees to deliver their electoral wards or be shown the way out ahead of the governorship and state house of assembly elections on Saturday. Governor Ayade gave the warning at the Ernest Etim Bassey...
Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says she is convinced that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu will address the Bakassi resettlement problem when he assume office in May 29. Ita-Giwa said this on Monday in Calabar while celebrating the victory of the president-elect. Popularly...
The Inter Party Advisory Council, (IPAC) on Saturday decried poor turnout of voters in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections in Cross River. During in a press conference in Calabar, Mr Anthony Attah, Chairman of IPAC in Cross River, said out of over 1.7 million registered voters,...