By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of its continued drive towards the actualization of its mandate of Poverty alleviation, employment generation and wealth creation, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flag off the empowerment of 36 unemployed youths across the state in six trendy skills:...
Cross River State
The Cross River Government has said it is set to pay compensations to property owners along the Calabar/Itu highway to fast track the implementation of the road project. The state Commissioner for information, Mr Erasmus Ekpang, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Ministry of Health has launched a comprehensive state-wide, school-based deworming exercise to treat against soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and Schistosomiasis (SCH) that are particularly common in children, will commenced on April 24 through 29, 2024. The treatment will take place...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Effraya, Etung Local Government Area of the state has passed an interim injunction restraining the State government from evicting beneficiaries of 1,415 hectares of cocoa farms allotted to them by immediate past administration led...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Recognizing the under-representation of women in the technology sector, leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc, has launched the Girls in Tech Program NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the pioneering initiative is aimed at empowering young women in technology. Meticulously crafted...
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said it is taking steps towards tackling migration of health workers through capacity training programmes. NPHCDA Coordinator in Cross River, Mr Julius Idoko, said this at the opening of a five-day capacity training for 100 frontline healthcare workers in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State First Lady, Mrs Eyoanwan Bassey Otu has commissioned no fewer than 120 new stalls in Akim Market, Calabar Municipality. Speaking at the event, Rev Otu affirmed that the new market stalls would enhance the trading environment. “By revitalizing and modernizing...
No fewer than than 200 shops were on Monday night razed by fire at Ikom main market in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River. Mr Chika Anya, Chairman of the Lagos line of the market, said the intensity of the inferno was such that nothing could be...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has declared that Cross River State shall soon become the richest state in the entire world. Addressing a mammoth crowd of faithful inside UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu has appealed to His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu, spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to help pray for the liberation of the state from occultic and other evil forces that may have held it...
By PATRICK ABANG, Càlabar – Cross River State Government has expressed its resolve to sanitize the payroll of the state workforce which is currently blighted by several infractions. The Head of Service of the State, Dr. Innocent Eteng conveyed government’s position, Monday evening, during a press briefing with...
Cross River Police command has beefed up security across the State preparatory to the celebration of Easter festival. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gyogon Grimah, made this known in Calabar on Monday. According to him, the tactical teams of the Police as well as other regular formations have...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In a bid to end protracted boundary disputes between Cross River and Ebonyi State, both states have resolved to embrace and work towards achieving peace along the border corridors of Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi and Adadama, Abi Local Government...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Traditional Rulers of Mbume Blocks of Clans, in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State have kicked against ejection of allottees of cocoa plots by immediate past administration. The monarchs urged Governor Bassey Otu, not to eject cocoa farms allottees with genuine...
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 flag off the training of 50 unemployed women across the state in two trendy skills, confectionery making as well...
Cross River government has pleaded with newly graduated nursing students of University of Calabar (UNICAL) not to migrate abroad, saying the health sector was in dire need of their expertise. The Commissioner for Health, Cross River, Dr Henry Ayuk, made the appeal on Wednesday in Calabar during the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President Bola Tinubu’s daughter, Mujidat Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has inaugurated an International Centre for Vocational and entrepreneurial skill and research at Havilla University, Nde community, Ikom Local Government Area in Cross River state. Addressing Governing Council members shortly after she was inaugurated as Pro-chancellor...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it is ready to offer credible opposition in Cross River, having lost the state to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 general election. The PDP chairman.in the state, Mr Venatius Ikem, said this...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two young men were hospitalized in Calabar after they were injured by an electricity spark from a high-tension pole on Saturday afternoon. The incident took place at the high-tension electricity pole near 20 White Street in the Calabar South Local Government Area of...
Cross River State Government on Saturday warned about a possible outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever in old Ndebeji, in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.. Viral haemorrhagic fever is any group of infectious diseases that interfere with the blood’s ability to clot. They are spread by contact with...