Panel of Enquiry: Cross River adjourns inaugural sitting
By Ike Uchechukwu The inaugural sitting of the Cross River, Judicial Panel of Enquiry into Police Brutality and Restitution has been adjourned to Friday, Nov. 13. The adjournment follows calls by the counsels that the police should be served the petitions which were 39. Speaking during the sitting, on Wednesday in Calabar, Justice Michael Edem, […]
Cross River begins arrest of illegal tax collectors in Calabar
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 […]
Cross River issues 2 weeks ultimatum to quacks
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 […]
Cross River by-election: PDP electoral panel submits report
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 […]
Police foil planned protest by ex-militants in Cross River
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 […]
Cross River drifting into kidnapping capital of Nigeria — Henshaw
…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 […]
