By Emma Una THE directives by the governor of Cross River State,  Senator Ben Ayade that  local governments and civil service commission should  employ twenty thousand youths into  the state work force  would ease restiveness and boost the state’s economy. Mr Paddy Ally, the state Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council,  IPAC, who stated this while […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Cross River State Policy Advocacy Committee, CRS-PAC, has disclosed that it will take the one full year or more and billions of naira to rebuild government and private-owned properties that were destroyed by hoodlums during the devastating crisis occasioned by #Endars protest in the state. The Committee Vanguard learned […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Despite the 24 hours curfew declared by the Cross River government on Friday, what began as an invasion of state-owned warehouses has degenerated into looting spree as hoodlums looted various establishments, malls, confectionery amongst others. The rampage which took a different dimension from arson to attack on houses of prominent […]

Destroy APC, NLC Secretariat, set INEC office ablaze By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Despite the 24 hours curfew declared by the Cross River government on Friday, what began as an invasion of stated-owned warehouses has degenerated into a looting spree as hoodlums looted various establishments, malls, confectionery amongst others. The rampage took a different dimension […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Following report that COVID-19 Palliatives were hoarded by the Cross River State governnent, the Commisioner for Humanity & Social Welfare, Mrs Blessing Egbara, has disclosed that the distribution was done in sequence as it was not a one off exercise   Recall that hoodlums and residents broke into various warehouses […]

By Ikechukwu Uche News has also been broken of a certain warehouse in Cross River state that was set ablaze by hoodlums and residents. Report has it that the palliatives were stored at the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA. The hoodlums invaded the warehouse and carted away palliatives meant to be distributed to […]

…sets up judicial panel By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, on Thursday announced an indefinite suspension of payment of tuition by indigenes of the state in the state-owned Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH), He further extended service year for indigenes of the state who have completed their […]

•Wondered in forests of wild animals, near death circumstances for 10 days •Relocates from Cross River State •Surprised no action has been taken against kidnappers By Evelyn Usman April 26, 2020, was like every other day for Princess Filia Henshaw Etim, until 7 pm, when an incident that changed the course of the day occurred. […]

Every war must have a war room; a situation room where the gladiators meet to plan, strategize, analyze, update, brief and effectively mange response to any issue. The health challenges in the Country and indeed the State has called for this war room approach to effectively respond to health challenges, gather Data, monitor staff and […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Dr Oscar Ofuka, the Special Adviser to Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, on Cocoa development, has asserted that Nigeria’s cocoa is more valuable than crude oil and gold even at the world market and needs more attention to give us the actual economic benefit that can lead to real growth […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The leadership of Organised Labour in Cross River comprising Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have described the suspension of the strike scheduled to hold Monday as unfortunate adding that dialogue was key in every negotiation. The leaders of the two Union, Com. Ben Ukpebi and his […]

Nigerian should keep faith, it’s not yet over — TUC By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The leadership of Organised Labour in Cross River comprising Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC& Trade Union Congress, TUC have described the suspension of the strike scheduled to hold today as unfortunate adding that dialogue was key in every negotiation. The leaders […]

Our men are on ground to forestall further attacks — Police By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead in the renewed boundary dispute between the people of Izzi in Ebonyi State and their counterpart in Obubara, Cross River State. The age-long boundary dispute restarted on Wednesday, leaving a […]

By Victoria Ojeme About 40 project management companies are in race to be awarded the execution of country-wide 2020 constituency projects by the Nigeria Export Processing Zones (NEPZA). The projects for which tender was opened in Abuja included: Empowerment of Girls and Women on Entrepreneurship and Skills in Ogoja Iyala/Bekwara/Obudu/Obanliku in Cross River North, Entrepreneurship […]

Some civil servants whose names were removed from the payroll of the Cross River Government on Monday in Calabar picketed the state secretariat complex, demanding reinstatement. The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Ayade pay us our salaries, “No Trade Union in Cross River”, “We will protest until we are reinstated”, among others. […]