Fire razes 200 shops in Cross River
No fewer than 200 shops were razed by fire on Monday night at the Ikom main market in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River.
C’River Bye-Election: Steer clear of politics, CSOs tell Police
Ahead of the federal legislative bye-election in Cross River state, a coalition of civil society organisations, CSOs, has called on the Nigerian Police not to allow itself to be dragged into partisan politics.
Calabar Eight Miles Market traders protest eviction
Women traders at the old Eight Miles Market in Calabar on Tuesday took to the streets of the capital city to protest their eviction from the market. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the traders were relocated to the new Ikot Eneobong Market by the Calabar Municipal Area Council. The protesters, numbering at […]
Cross River: We’re completely for zoning — Central Stakeholders
As the Cross River governorship 2023 gathers momentum, the people of Central Senatorial district have declared their total support on zoning the governorship ticket to Southern Senatorial district endorsing Senator Gershom Bassey as their preferred candidate for governor in 2023.
CROWEI/Asuquo Ekpenyong Foundation provide N50,000 Micro Grants to 1,000 Women in Cross River
By Emma Una The Cross River Women Emancipation Initiative ( CROWEI), the pet project of Dr. Lynda Ayade, wife of Cross River State governor in collaboration with Asuquo Ekpenyong Foundation (AEF) owned by the state Commissioner for Finance on Monday handed one thousand women active in micro & small businesses a grant of N50,000 each. […]
Cross River SUBEB targets 32 new projects
THE Chairman of Cross River State Basic Education Board, Dr Stephen Odey, has called on contractors who applied for the construction and rehabilitation of primary school blocks in the 2020 UBE Intervention projects in public schools in the state to execute quality jobs that will meet the required standard.
