By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Ahead of the 2023 National Youth Games in Asaba Delta State, the Cross River State Government has sent 150 athletes to participate in eight different games Including football, cycling and cricket. Cross River State Commissioner for sports, Agnes Atsu while speaking to newsmen ahead of...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has tasked the Imo people to reelect Governor Hope Uzordimma in the Nov.11 poll, to consolidate on his achievements. Governor Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the APC campaign council for the November election in Owerri on Saturday....
Patrick Abang Calabar Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has emphasised that the present administration led by Governor Bassey Otu places high premium on the health of its citizens and remains poised to getting health insurance working comprehensively in a bid to enthrone Universal Health...
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 – Barely a month after he received members of the upper bench on a courtesy visit to his office with a promise for official vehicles, Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu, has presented brand new ford edge vehicles to senior justices in the...
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...
By PATRICK ABANN, Calabar – The traffic gridlock faced by the people of Ukelle in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State will soon come to pass, Governor Bassey Otu has assured. At an on-the-spot assessment, Friday, of the 39km road project abandoned about two decades, the governor...
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...
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 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 Cross River Government has directed the State Auditor General (AG), Mr John Odey, to proceed on compulsory retirement. The directive is contained in a memo dated June 2, 2023 and signed by the Chairman of the State Civil Service Commission, Mr Inaku Uko. In the memo with reference...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A PDP Senator has thrown his weight behind the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for the position of Senate President ahead of the June 8 Inauguration. Gershom Bassey Senator representing Cross River South in the senate and Chairman Cross River Caucus in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu on Monday Promised to liased with the Federal Government in a bid to remove the bottleneck confronting the Tinapa Business Resorts and make it fully functional. The governor disclosed this during his inaugural speech to the people of Cross...