A gas explosion at the Marian Fruits Market in Calabar has destroyed goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it took men of the Federal Fire Service about five hours to put out the fire, which destroyed goods in more than...
Cross River State
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Mr Football Foundation has been lunched in Calabar, the Cross River State capital through a book lunch, chronicling the life and time of the first Secretary General of the Nigerian Football Association, (NFF) and the first executive committee member of FIFA and CAF....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic party (SDP) in Cross River State, Mr Effiom Okokon has given assurance that if elected governor in the 2023 general election he will reduce taxes from companies and put more money on the people. Mr. Okokon, who gave...
No fewer than 1,700 civil servants in Cross River on Tuesday took to the street to protest the nonpayment of five years salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, who converged at the State’s secretariat as early as 7:30am, blocked the entrance to the secretariat....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Labour Party Chairman of Cross River State, Ambassador Ogar Osim has cautioned supporters and members of the party in the state never to incite the public or spread hate speech in efforts to market their presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Amb. Osim asserted that their...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), The Henss Foundation has earmarked N100 million for various programmes it plans to execute for young people, widows and the vulnerable persons in Cross River State. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Foundation , Okoho Effiom Etim who initiated...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday inaugurated 152 ward coordinators for Cross River Central, ahead of its governorship campaign in October. Mr Paul Ishabor, the Director-General of the PDP’s reclaim Cross River mandate group, performed the ceremony in Calabar. Ishabor urged the wards coordinators to focus on issue-base...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, Nzan Ogbe has launched the first indigenous community platform tagged FacesofNaija App. Mr Ogbe, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairmen of the company said the app came after two years...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly attacking the state Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Irene Ugbo. The couple are currently cooling their heels at the Headquarters of the command over the assault which landed her in the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Cross River State governorship candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor, has called on the youths to come up with revolutionary ideas to change the cause of things in the state. Senator Onor made the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President of The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Pinnick amomg alongside the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi among other dignitaries will attend a fiesta organized in honour of a former three-term Secretary-General of the football body Etubom Oyo Orok Oyo. The celebration...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Cross River State governorship candidate of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu has pledged to build on the legacies of Governor Ben Ayade if elected as governor come 2023. Senator Otu disclosed this during a courtesy visit to various stakeholders in Obanliku...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Cross River State Command has said it would soon commence the clampdown of unregistered motorcycles, and tricycles in Cross River State. The State Sector Commander, Mr. Abdulahi Hassan disclosed this on Monday at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As part of efforts to improve on the standard of education in Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, the Chairman of council, Rt Hon. Emmanuel Offiong Bassey has presented over 500 desks to seven primary schools in the LGA. During the presentation of desks, Honourable...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted and taken into custody three men suspected to be arms peddlers at Mfum, the border community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum is a commercial border town in Ikom LGA of Cross River State,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq on Thursday flagged off the disbursement of N20,000 grants to 3352 vulnerable persons across the 18 LGAs of Cross River State. Hagiya Farouq said she was in Cross River State on the directives of President...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has warned against the breach of public peace in BCS formations world wide. The organization in a statement signed by its spokesman, Patriarch Christ Shepherd Edet Archibong alleged that one Mr Orlando Obu is attempting to...
The newly established Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI), in Biase, Cross River State, which kicked off last year is set to be a leading teacher educational institution in Nigeria with capacity to retrain 500,000 primary and secondary school teachers in Nigeria. TCTI was established by the Cross River State...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Governor Ben Ayade has declared a 3 day workshop on Budget Tracking and Investigating Public Expenditure Agenda open at Channel view Hotel Calabar the Cross River State capital. The governor, who was delighted with the Daily Trust Foundation and MacArthur Foundation go sponsoring the...
Video of a police officer assaulting a yet-to-be-identified man by hitting him repeatedly with a machete has gone viral. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened in Ekori community in Cross River State. Reacting to the video, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Commissioner...