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
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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Manager, Flour Mills Nigeria PLC, Olusegun Falade, has said the company never threatened to leave Cross River State over raw materials. Mr. Falade stated this in an interview with newsmen in his office over the weekend while reacting to an allegation...
The policep command in Cross River on Thursday paraded a 30-year-old man who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on the last Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Amber Ubung carried out the act when his lover, Blessing Onawu, 25, reneged...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Tuesday said the state is ready and willing to go into partnership with Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) Akwa-Ibom/Cross River State. The Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Prince Eka Williams disclosed this when...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has announced plans to clamp down on operators of illegal private medical laboratories and pharmacies across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, made this known in a statement on signed by the Permanent Secretary of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Some residents in Cross River State have commended Governor Bassey Otu for constructing concrete pavement roads in some parts of Càlabar Municipality and Càlabar South. The State Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang told newsmen on Friday in Calabar during a facility tour of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for closer diplomatic ties between Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. The Governor made the call when he played host to the Consuls General of both countries in Calabar on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Speaking when...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Cross River State Coordinating Office has commenced the training of over one hundred exporters on the rudiments of export. The State Co-ordinator Dr Osas Damain said the workshop is geared towards exposing the newly inducted exporters on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has commended Ziplines Technology for its contribution to Health Care delivery system in the state The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, gave the commendation during a visit by journalists to assess the effectiveness of Zipline’s drone in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A total of 2,811 patients have benefited from the Free Medical Outreach programme by Jennifer Etuh Foundation (JEF) in collaboration with Pro-Health International in Obubra LGA of Cross River state. The Program Manager, Jennifer Etuh Foundation, Mr. Joseph Otu made available to some...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The battle of supremacy between the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been settled through the ballot box on Saturday. Announcing the results for the re-run election in Akamkpa /Biase Federal Constituency and Yala/ Obudu State...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have shared the spoils in the court-ordered rerun election in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Cross River. Declaring the results in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 4, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that...
The European Union (EU) has invested 1.5 million euros for the preservation of Cross River’s wildlife, an official has said. EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Samuela Isopi, said this during a meeting with Gov. Bassey Otu at the Government...
The Cross River chapter of the PDP has expressed readiness for Saturday’s rerun elections in 34 poling units in the state. The state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Mike Osiji, made the declaration while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. Osiji, who...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has withdrawn the 32 hectares of disputed cocoa plots earlier ceded to Chief Ogar Assam’s family at Abonita Government Cocoa plantation in Etung LGA of Cross River State, saying it was ceded in error. The withdrawal was made...
By PATRICK ABANG, Càlabar – National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Cross River State chapter has demanded immediate resignation of its state President, Comrade Mike Egre over poor handling of the affairs of the association. They also demanded for the immediate constitution of transition committee that...
The Cross River Government on Thursday announced the outbreak of Lassa fever in Ejah Community of Osupong Ward 1, Obubura Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a notification Dr Henry Ayuk, Cross River Commissioner for Health in Calabar. Ayuk said the state government has...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Fire has gutted the academic complex of SteadyFlow College Of Education Akparabong Community, Ikom LGA of Cross River State, destroying academic facilities worth millions of naira. No one knows the cause of the fire, but speculations among the community residents is that the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River Governor, Bassey Otu, has assured the Nigerian Legion and the Armed Forces that his administration would go beyond the lip service ritual held every January 15 in remembrance of the nation’s fallen heroes by translating their desires to concrete action. The...