The Cross River Government has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders on illegal structures along major streets in Calabar to relocate their businesses to Watt or Marian markets or face demolition. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Mfon Bassey, gave the ultimatum on Friday in Calabar during an inspection tour from the Nipost office in […]

…dumps body in refuse bin An angry mob in the early hours of Wednesday lynched a suspected rapist to death for robbing and raping a girl in Calabar Municipality LGA of Cross River State. Vanguard learned that the incident which occurred along Ekong Etta Street by Okoro Agbor in the early hours of Wednesday when […]

By Emma Una Efoli Bassey, one of the persons who narrowly escaped the Thursday morning communal warfare between the people of Ebijakara and Ebom in Central Cross River state has narrated that he was asleep when the attack started in the wee hours of Thursday “I would have been killed right in my sleep but […]

…C’River no longer safe, says NLC threatens to down tool By Ike Uchechukwu The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Cross River State Council have come down heavily on Gov Ben Ayade bemoaning his indifference over the kidnap of its Chairman who has been in captivity for five days running. In a statement signed by the Vice […]

By Emma Una – Calabar There are reports of  an eruption of early morning communal warfare between the  neighbouring communities of Ebom and Usumutong in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River state. An eye witness told Vanguard that the skirmishes started on Thursday at about 5 am in the morning and many lives have […]

The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Ben Ukpepi at his residence in Akpabuyo local government area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Calabar. Ugbo said […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Cross River has sealed 56 petrol stations across the state between January till date for sharp practices. Mr Philip Awolu, Operations Controller of DPR in the state, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. Awolu said that the stations were sealed […]

By Emma Una, Calabar Cross River Cocoa Processing Factory located in Ikom is scheduled to begin a test run early next year following ninety-five percent work completion by the contracting firm A A Universal This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Pastor Godsgift Ugbe who undertook an inspection visit to the factory […]

By Adesina Wahab Thousands of teachers on Thursday besieged the Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos to sit for the qualifying/certification examination organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN. The rush is not unconnected with the need to beat the December 31, 2019 deadline given by the Federal Government that unqualified teachers […]

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has forwarded second list of 36 commissioner nominees to the Cross River House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.   The list was made available to Newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar by Mr Hope Obeten, Chief Press Secretary to Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams.   The list […]