By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State House of Assembly has received a request from Governor, Ben Ayade for the consequential confirmation of nominees to be appointed as commissioners in the State Public service. The appointment follows the vacuum created by the resignation of some commissioners when...
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Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Ogoja in Cross River to protest against “political arrest” of their children by the Gov. Ben Ayade-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The women who were carrying placards of various inscriptions, alleged that the APC government was witch-hunting its perceived...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Journalists have been called upon to factor in the national interest in the course of their practice. Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade made the call at the 2022 Media Week of the Nigerian Union of Journalists( NUJ), Cross River state chapter, with the...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed optimism that a combined power generation from the two power plants built by his administration will give the state about 50 megawatts of electricity that will guarantee Calabar, the capital, steady power supply independent of the national...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has tasked entrepreneurs and business students on the emerging trends and opportunities in line with his Industrialization policy in the state. Governor Ayade made the call during the Cross River State Entrepreneurship Conference which was held over the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of its members on Nov. 18. The kidnapped medical practitioners were Dr Joshua Omini, a staff of General Hospital in Ugep community, Yakurr local government area of Cross River and Dr...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River Government has directed members of the general public to cease all forms of illegal mining activities ongoing in the state, especially in Biase and Akamkpa LGAs of the state. The Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Governor’s Office, Dr. Alfred Mboto, announced this...
Gov. Ben Ayade on Sunday declared that Cross River could not remain raw materials producer alone but would aim at adding value to them through industrialisation. Ayade said this in Calabar while flagging off the second Dry-Run for the 2022 Calabar Carnival with the theme: “Agro Industrialisation.” Represented by...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has urged the seven Carnival Calabar bands to interpret this year’s theme of the annual fiesta, ‘Agro-Industrialization’ to reflect the importance of agriculture in the economy of the state. Speaking on Sunday in Calabar during the flag...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has granted approval for immediate disbursement of funds as scholarship to indigenous students in tertiary institutions across the country. The Director General of Cross River State Scholarship Board, Comrade Nuela Tessy Anyin made the disclosure on Friday while speaking to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has presented a budget estimate of N330billion for the 2023 fiscal year. Governor Ayade, who presented the budget before the Cross River House of Assembly on Thursday in Calabar, christened the budget as “Budget of Quantum Infinitum”. The...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has described the concessioning of the ultra-modern cocoa processing plant, Ikom to AA Universal Agro Industries Ltd, as part of the deliberate effort of his administration to recalibrate the economy of the state. AAU is owned by business...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The President and Founder of Christian Central Chapel International CCCI, Bishop Dr. Gospel Emmah Isong has charged judges in Cross River State to avoid frivolous injunctions ahead of 2023 general elections. He gave the charge while officiating in a church Service to mark the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022, scheduled to hold between November 2nd and 25, the Cross River State Sports Commission is targeting the number one top spot in the medal table. The Chairman of the Commission, Comrade Emmanuel Elom disclosed...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Chairman Cross River State Task Force on Quackery and Related Violations in the Healthcare Delivery System, Mr. David Ushie, said on Tuesday that the taskforce has arrested six persons including a fake doctor for multiple surgeries in Aladim Community in Ogoja LGA of...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday distributed starter packs, laptops , shops and one hundred and twenty five thousand naira each to 1000 youths from Cross River Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. The beneficiaries, who were trained on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The World Bank in collaboration with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) have warned against the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainage and other illegal sand mining in Cross River State. The communities which includes, Atakpa, Ikot Anwantim, Nyangasang, Lemna/ Federal Agriculture, Ikot...
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....
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...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has commissioned a multi million naira cocoa house in Ikom LGA in order to boost cocoa production in the state. The cocoa guest house which is constructed by the stakeholders of the industry would help in the provision...