Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed his administration’s resolve to legislate against the use of wood for roofing to check deforestation, restore lost greenery and boost forest regeneration.

Cross River Government has budgeted the sum of N1.7 billion for the establishment of a food bank commission in the state.

Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State, a former senator, a professor of environmental studies was in Lagos for an interactive session with relevant stakeholders involved in the forthcoming Calabar Festival. On the sidelines of the meeting the governor had an interactive session with newsmen during which he opened up on his style and strategic approach to governance

The Cross River Government has suspended indefinitely, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Anne Odey, for “flouting civil service rules”, amid a controversy over ban of morning and afternoon prayer sessions in schools.

LAST week Tuesday, October 20, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari braved a heavy downpour to perform the groundbreaking rites of an ambitious project that has now come to be known as the Cross River State Superhighway.

Government officials, neighouring villagers and traders have abandoned Bayop, an agricultural community in Osokom II clan, Boki Local Government Area, Cross River State, while residents are also relocating from the settlement because of its horribly bad road, lack of basic amenities and abject misery they found themselves.

The Cross River Government has expressed dismay that it was not listed by the Federal Government among states likely to be affected by flood this year.

FOR Three years, the roofs of two-storey blocks meant to take twelve classrooms each at the Pin Margaret Secondary School in Calabar South have been abandoned by the contractor. All he could do with the millions of naira given to him was to erect the structures and place some wood on the roof which have been persistently battered by rain leaving as eyesore.

Ever since Donald Duke stamped his authority on the politics of Cross River State at the turn of the century, politics in the commercially laid back state has been a staged affair. Now, rumbling between the camps of the governor and the Senate leader is shaking the status quo.

LONDON stool still for Africa, weekend, as African fashion buffs, art entrepreneurs, politicians, designers, super models, and celebrities met in the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, London for the inaugural African Arts and Fashion Banquet to raise funds to support endowed designers from Africa. The banquet marked the end of this year’s edition of Africa Fashion Week London which started two days earlier.