The Cross River State government on Saturday banned all religious gatherings of more than five persons in the state. The ban was revealed in a statement by the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Religious Matters, Rev. Fr. Bob Etta, in Calabar. It was sequel to the directive of Gov. Ben Ayade and the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar Cross River state governor, Prof Ben Ayade Monday night declared that all entry points into the state by Land, Sea and air are hereby locked down stressing that access will only be by thorough screening regime. He also declared that LG elections scheduled for Saturday, March,28 remain suspended indefinitely. He made […]

The Nigerian Medical Association in Cross River on Saturday said that its members would not suspend the indefinite withdrawal of services embarked upon on March 10 until the wife of their colleague, Mrs Christiana Ekanem is released. Ekanem was kidnapped on March 10 2020, in her home in Satellite Town in Calabar by unknown gunmen. […]

Following the incessant boundary crises between the people of Isu Community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State and their neighbours from Utuma and Ukwa of Biase and Odukpani Local Government Areas respectively, both in Cross River State, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji MNSE, on Monday […]

….Calls on Buhari, Ayade, IGP to declare state emergency in C’River By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Nigerian Medical Association in Cross River on Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of the wife of their colleague, Mrs Christian Ekanem, a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH. In a communique jointly […]