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...
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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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has assured members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that the government is fully committed to securing the release of Prof. Ekanen Philip-Ephraim from her abductors. Rt. Hon. Odey expressed Governor Bassey Otu...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Edet Otu has described the 140-bed Obudu-German Specialist Hospital as a wonder piece whose services will promote medical tourism in Nigeria. Otu disclosed during his tour of the northern senatorial district of the state, weekend. The Governor, who...
Doctors in Cross River on Sunday embarked on a total and indefinite strike in solidarity with one of their members abducted on Thursday from her residence in Calabar. This is contained in a communique signed by Dr. Felix Archibong, Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA), Cross River branch,...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on international boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday called for swift action to be taken to prevent the loss of another Cross River State territory to Cameroon like Bakassi. The Danare and Biajua communities and about 7,000 to 10,000 hectares...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Stakeholders in the environmental sector have decried the alarming rate of deforestation in Cross River state through illegal logging, saying the state government and other stakeholders must rise to the occasion. They stated this during a one day Multi-Stakeholders Conference on Deforestation in Cross...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the conflict in Southern Cameroon, over 18,000 refugees are said to have invaded Cross River State in the Southern part of Nigeria. The refugees are expected to go through a verification exercise organized by United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Calabar...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – No fewer than 26 suspects have been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for burning a woman to death over alleged witchcraft. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the victim, Madam Martina Okey Itagbor of Old Netim in Akamkpa LGA of the state was...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to mobilise all tactical and investigative assets and ensure that the alleged killers of a woman burnt to death are brought to justice. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a viral...
Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This...
A total of 11 students under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Students Association (NIMSA) were rescued on Saturday after a speedboat capsized at a resort in Calabar, Cross River State. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the rescue, noting that efforts had intensified to rescue...
The organised labour has tasked the Cross River government to cut down the number of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to reduce the cost of governance. This is containing a 21-point demands jointly signed by Mr Olayi Gregory of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Mr Monday Ogbodum...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Sen. Prince Bassey Otu, has donated N10m to traders whose stores were gutted by fire at the Bogobiri area of the Calabar, the state capital. He also assured that his administration will erect ultra-modern palm oil market in the affected...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Gershom Bassey, lawmaker representing Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has commended the 9th Senate leadership for improving ease of doing business in Nigeria. Senator Bassey, who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Calabar, said the feat was achieved...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a...
Bolts drivers in Calabar have announced a three-day nationwide withdrawal of their services to demand an upward adjustment in both their bonus and fare. The drivers, operating under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria, announced the planned protest at a news briefing on...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has ordered the suspension of recruitment into the state’s civil service. Governor Otu, who gave the directive in a statement on Tuesday in Calabar by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, also called for a comprehensive re-verification...
The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has soared in Calabar, Cross River, since the pronouncement by President Bola Tinubu to end the subsidy regime. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the product is being dispensed at between N400 and N600 per litre, depending on the filling...