SENATOR Ben Ayade, the Cross River State Governor says if he had his way all indigenes of the state would be included in the state’s payroll to stem poverty and unemployment.

By Emma Una – Calabar Senator Ben Ayade, the Cross River state governor, has sent a strong message to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he stands on the fence and ready to dump the party if not given his due respect and recognition. Speaking in Calabar during the visit of Governor Bala Mohammed of […]

The Cross River Southern Senatorial District Assembly, CRSSDA, a Socio-Cultural group has asserted that the state would be safer and more peaceful if Gov. Ayade commits more funds to the running of Operation Akpakwu and subsequently sustains it.

A socio-Cultural group, Cross River Southern Senatorial District Assembly, CRSSDA, has asserted that the zoning formula has brought peace and political stability to the polity of the state since 1999.

The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed that two officers were killed, on Wednesday, by unknown gunmen in Obubra Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, in a statement in Calabar, said that one other officer sustained injuries. Ugbo, however, debunked the news that six police officers were killed. “The […]

PRECISELY a week when four policemen were killed in Calabar, another six have been reportedly killed in the early hours of today at Obubra in central Cross River State

…say they have launched a manhunt for the culprits By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Cross River State Police Command has disclosed that only two police officers were killed on Wednesday in Obubra and not six as been circulated in some sections of the media. The Ugly incident Vanguard gathered occurred along Obubra axis of the […]

A lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Dr Babatunde Lawal Saturday night narrowly escaped death after an attempt to kidnap him from the Staff Quarters failed.

In a split decision, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, struck out an appeal Senator Stephen Odey filed to be declared the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Senatorial by-election that held in Cross River North on December 5, 2020.

Twice rejected by the State House of Assembly for “being a security threat” Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme was on Monday sworn-in by Cross River Governor, Prof Ben Ayade at the Executive Council Chambers, Calabar as the Chief Judge of the state.

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a Polytechnic for Cross River State and it is to be situated in Ugep in the Northern part of the state. To enhance its early take-off, the Federal Government has also approved the release of N2 billion for the project. The […]

By Emma Una – Calabar Commercial drivers under the aegis of Inter-City drivers Union on Tuesday morning barricaded the busy Calabar Ikom highway to register their protest over alleged extortion by police and Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Cross River State. The drivers carried out the protest in Ugep following a resolution in their […]

Cross River Government has demolished a building belonging to a suspected kidnapper.

By Emma Una – Calabar Biase Local Government Council Chairman, Mrs Oma Egwu, on Monday announced a budget estimate of N3,222,023,847.00 (three billion, two hundred and twenty two million, twenty three thousand, eight hundred and forty seven naira) for the 2021 fiscal year. Christened “Budget of Collaboration”,  the Chairman said the budget  is so named […]

AN unidentified bird from Lativa in Eastern Europe has been caught by hunters in Cross River State.