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. […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade  on Monday fulfilled his promise by arresting illegal tax collectors in Calabar, the state Capital. The enforcement exercise which began Monday, by the Cross River Anti Tax Agency led by its Chairman, Bishop (Dr) Emma Isong, in Collaboration with office of the State […]

Dear Cross Riverians today we take another bold step to respond to the needs of our people who seek health from our various healthcare facilities in Cross River state. By early January, less than a month after my appointment as commissioner for health, I began to receive complaints from Cross Riverians far and near about […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Electoral Panel for the party primaries for Cross River North Senatorial District by-election on Monday submitted its report to the party leadership in Abuja. Chairman of the panel, Taleb Tebite, led two other members of the panel to PDP National Secretariat in Abuja to make the submission. Speaking in an […]

I’m not aware of any protest ― Counsel By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Police Command on Thursday foiled plans by some ex-agitators who wanted to protest into Calabar, the state capital over non-payment of their allowances. Vanguard learned that ex-militants, who were angry over what they described as levity on the part of […]

…Says Ayada a disaster in governance By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Public funds probity advocate, Ken Henshaw, says Cross Rivers state under Ben Ayade governorship is drifting into the “kidnapping capital of Nigeria”. Henshaw, Executive Director, Port Harcourt, Rivers state-based ‘We the People’, a centre for social studies and development, in ongoing work visit […]

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has praised the Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade over recent developmental strides in the state, during his visit to Cross River state. 

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has commenced the construction of secondary school projects in riverine communities in the state with a view to providing a standard environment for teaching and learning. Ayade, who performed the foundation laying of a four modern classroom block with four standard toilets and a staff room for teachers in […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has asserted that farming was one of the only veritable leeway’s to prosperity, urging Cross Riverians, especially women, to go into farming. The governor spoke in Calabar during the flag-off of input distribution to farmers as part of mitigation measures against the COVID-19 […]