Scores killed, 7,000 displaced, 1,500 houses burnt in Ebonyi, Cross River crisis
Scores of people have been killed, with no fewer than 7,000 Igbeagu Izzi indigenes of Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State displaced following the inter-communal crisis between Izzi people and their counterparts in Ukele, Cross River State.
Reflections of Acting president’s visit to Cross River state
AS a practical demonstration of the determination of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to meet the over 60-year peculiar challenges of the Niger Delta and oil production, the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, visited Cross River State from June1-2, 2017.
Strike paralyses govt activities in Cross River
GOVERNMENT activities were paralysed in Cross River on Tuesday following an indefinite strike embarked upon by civil servants in the state to demand for the payment of five years gratuity to retirees of the state civil service
Abducted Cross River Commissioner regains freedom
Mr Gabriel Odu-Oji, the Commissioner for Water Resources in Cross River, kidnapped on April 9, has regained freedom.
Cross River: 10 villages where ‘scores’ are settled with machetes and guns
There is one thing that modernity, Christianity and education have not extricated from the psyche of some communities in Cross River State and that is the proclivity to settling scores and disagreements with machetes and guns.
Cross River plans to ban use of wood for roofing — Ayade
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.
