By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National President of Manufactural Association of Nigeria (MAN) Otunba Francis Meshioye has called for synergy and partnership between the Federal Ministry of Works and and the South-South State to fix the deplorable roads infrastructure. The MAN President made the call at...
Cross River State
The capital city of Cross River, Calabar, is wearing a new look ahead of the commencement of the 2023 edition of the Annual Calabar Carnival scheduled to begin on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in a bid to ensure seamless movement, the state government...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has congratulated Barr. Johnny U. Agim on his elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN). The congratulatory message was contained in a letter to the Learned Silk following...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has assured that his administration will consolidate on the gains of his predecessors to make the state a cynosure of infrastructural development and economic prosperity. Governor Otu made the assertion, weekend, while speaking at a thanksgiving...
C/River business tycoon immortalizes late parents with foundation, fetes aged, widows at 63 birthday
C/River business tycoon immortalizes late parents with foundation, fetes aged, widows at 63 birthday
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State based business man, Sir Kells Mbeh Williams, yesterday launched foundation to immortalized his late parents Nma Lucy and Williams Abang, who passed on decades ago, saying that the foundation would be taking care of the aged and widows, who...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Monday said arrangements has been completed for this year’s Calabar Carnival. The state Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang, disclosed this on Monday while addressing newsmen at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Center, Calabar. “We are fully...
Residents of Calabar in Cross River State have expressed concern and a gloomy picture of the annual Calabar carnival following the spate of insecurity in the city. The residents particularly expressed fear that the spate of kidnappings in the capital city would rob the shine off the annual...
By RICHARD ABU, Calabar – As part of deliberate campaigns to create awareness on the existence of the upcoming institution known as Ave Maria University, the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ignatius Onimawo, has charged Nigerians craving for quality education of their children to bring them...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Spiritual Head of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BSC), Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, has said that the tears and suffering of ordinary Nigerian citizens have risen to the Throne of God and no more shall God allows anyone swindle the...
By PATRICK ABCalabar – The Spokesman of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Amah Williams has said that the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has promoted tourism and economic development of Cross River State. Speaking while addressing a press conference on Tuesday at...
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,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has offered global investors willing to invest in the state of a tax haven. Otu made the commitment when he hosted top global CEOs in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, at a breakfast meeting aimed at enhancing the...
Pensioners in the Calabar branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) say the 400 bags of rice given to 2.5 million of them to share as palliative are grossly inadequate. The Calabar branch of NUP covers Odukpani, Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Tuesday commenced the distribution of palliatives to the vulnerable and disability people across the 18 local government Areas of the State. Flagging off the programm, the state Governor Bassey Otu explained that the exercise has no political...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In order to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal, a charity organization; Florence Agogo Foundation has awarded bursary to over fifty (50) indigent students across the eighteen (18) Local Government Area of Cross River State.s Speaking at a dinner night and the scholarship...
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,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged...
The Police Command in Cross River, says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives at Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the command’s Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, led by SP Ogini Chukwuma uncovered the factory and recovered cache of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Dr Martins Egot is the Executive Director of Panacea for Developmental and Infrastructural Challenges for Africa Initiative (PADIC-AFRICA), formerly Development Concerns (DEVCON), In this Interview with PATRICK ABANG spoke on varieties of issues involving the Cross River National Park and Community forest. Excerpts:...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off a 3-day training of 50 unemployed youths in its Small Stock (Goat) Production Training Scheme (SSGPTS) in Calabar Cross River State. In his keynote address at the orientation exercise, the Director General of the NDE...