By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Social protection has been identified as one of the ways of reducing economic disparities among citizens in Cross River State The state Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs, Helen Egodo stated this on Thursday during a two day Capacity Building Workshop for CSO/CBO on Public...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – An environment expert and Executive Director of Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC) Prince Odey Oyama has raised the alarm over the alleged clandestine transactions conducted by Barr Ichire Imo Okim and the Council of Chiefs of Effi Community, members of Effi Community. According to...
The police command in Cross River has dispelled a rumour of disappearance of some men’s private parts in Calabar. The command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, dispelled the rumour while parading 13 suspects arrested in the state in August. Ugbo said that investigations showed that the rumour,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has taken its awareness campaign to rural communities in Cross River state. This time around, the campaign was in Ikot Offiong Ambai Primary Health Centre in Akpabuyo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state at weekend with...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Human rights and constitutional lawyer, Barr. Ichire Imo-Okim, has called on Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, to stop NIS personnel operating in Cross River State from harassing or intimidating traditional rulers of Effi community in Ikom LGA of the state....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has embarked on a protest in Calabar, over the appointment of Asu Okang as the Commissioner representing the State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The protesters displayed placards...
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) has embarked upon the the disbursement of starter packs for the graduates of its school on wheels scheme in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Towards the actualization of its mandate of poverty alleviation, employment generation and wealth creation, the National Directorate of Employment has commenced the implementation of its Community Based Business Training Scheme (CBBTS) for unemployed youths in Cross River State. The NDE Director General,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, says his administration would revamp the moribund sports sector by deliberately initiating bold steps needed to address the appalling infrastructural decay ravaging the sector in the state. According to Otu, drastic steps have become imperative in...
According to the former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, “Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”, this means with proper planning, the right strategy, and purposeful leadership, lost glory can afterall be regained. Cross River state Governor, Senator (Prince) Otu has demonstrated this with the restoration...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Secretary to the Cross River State Government, Professor Anthony Owan Enoh has reiterated the state government’s commitment to plan well for its citizens, maintaining that “without the children of today there will be no tomorrow”. Professor Enoh stated this on Friday in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State House Of Assembly Committee on Youths And Sports Development has expressed total neglect and abandonment by the former administration leading to outright decay in sports. The House committee, which was led by Hon. Mercy Akpama made the remarks...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over three communities in Cross River State – Ugbem, Ekpri Iko, Iwuru Obio Ntan, and among others, all in Biase Local Government Area have staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate transfer of Magistrate I. I Abam; an embattled trial Magistrate accused of...
Members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday marched to the Cross River House of Assembly on a peaceful protest against the kidnap of a member, Dr Ekanem Ephraim. The doctors, who came out in their numbers, wielded placards with inscriptions such as “Set Cross River Free...
A former Minister of Finance, Anthony Ani, says he has concluded plans to establish a vehicle assembly factory that will create 1,000 jobs in Efik Kingdom, Cross River. Ani, a former minister under the late Gen. Sani Abacha administration, said this in Calabar when the Ikoneto Community paid...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In its drive to reduce the scourge of unemployment in the country, the National Directorate of Employment has disbursed starter packs of about N4m to 26 graduates in Cross River State. The graduates are beneficiaries of the Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS), which...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the registration of artisans in Cross River state. The exercise which commenced on Monday 17th July, 2023 is at the Directive of the Director General of the NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo and is being...
Police Command in Cross River has arrested two staff members of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) over alleged vandalism of the company’s utility cables. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two PHEDC staff members were among the 17 suspects paraded for various offences by the...
The Nigerian Army has given express directives to troops to deal ruthlessly with criminal elements operating in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River. Brig.- Gen. Everest Okoro, Commander 13 Brigade Nigerian Army stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Akpabuyo, on Thursday. The News Agency of...