The 24th edition of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinics will hold on Thursday in Kebbi with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. Osinbajo on his verified twitter account tweeted on thursday morning:  “I will be in Kebbi State today for the MSME Clinic,” “The MSME Clinics assemble Government agencies under one roof to […]

By Emma Una CALABAR- CROSS River Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,  on Saturday appointed Barrister Chris Agam Agara,  a philanthropist and prominent political figure in the state as Grand Patron of its Press Club. Conducing  the investiture, Comrade Victor Udu,  Chairman of the State Council, said  it is in recognition of the […]

CALABAR—The fate of several passengers in a boat that left Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with over 100 passengers and crew members for Cameroon was yesterday unknown after the boat capsized on the high sea.

The Federal Government says that Cross River State has benefited immensely from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP).

The Nigerian Army has urged South-East and Cross River state residents not to panic over the massive movement of troops, military vehicles and weapons as it holds a week-long military exercise.

Calabar—A 26-year-old man, Mr. Joseph Odey, yesterday, threatened to take his life if Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River failed to offset his father’s gratuity without further delay.

Quite a number of factors have combined to keep a large number of people poor and down trodden in Cross River State against the obvious fact that the state is endowed with diverse and rich natural resources.

 CALABAR-The Cross River State Chapter of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, in conjunction with the All Cross River State Nationals Front has warned the Federal Government, noting that Cross River State has no land for the proposed RUGA/Cattle Colony being forced on the federating states of Nigeria by the Federal authorities.

Chief Utum Eteng, a legal practitioner and Deputy National Treasurer of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and member of the Legal Committee of the Presidential Campaign Council,   hails from Cross River State. He is upset that APC could not win in the state in the last elections. He narrates what he felt caused Buhari’s defeat in that state and what he needs to prioritize in his second term Excerpts:

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, programme, just as he promised to make the state first in Nigeria to attain the Open Defecation Free status.

Incumbent governor of Cross River State and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Ben Ayade has been declared the winner of the March 9 governorship election by The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

AN election observer group, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy,CTA, said it saw a new dimension in vote-buying that characterised last Saturday’s governorship and State Assembly election outside the already known money inducement.

CROSS River Signage and Advertisement Agency, has decried the continued posting of billboards and paper bills in the state by politicians without following due guidelines, insisting that such  boards deface the beauty of the state and would no longer be tolerated.

There is hardly a community in Cross River State that could boldly say it has not had one form of strife or violent face-off with its neighbour over disagreement on land issues or other mundane matters.

CALABAR- THE palace of Chief Edward Osim, the Paramount Ruler of Abi local Government Area of Cross River State and father in law to former President Goodluck Jonathan   and those of other members of the Usumutong community have been reportedly razed by  their Ebom neighbours  in a communal conflict between the two which is still raging on Thursday afternoon during the time of this report.