The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River state has 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. In a communique, jointly signed on Thursday in Calabar, by the Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr .Agam […]
The Cross River Ministry of Health has shut down a medical facility in Boje community of Boki Local Government Area over alleged quackery and sub- standard operations. The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Betta Edu on Thursday in Calabar said, that the state government had warned against the use of healthcare facilities for unapproved health […]
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said that the state was currently hosting 36,044 Cameroonian refugees in its settlements across the state. Mr Princewill Ayim, Director General of SEMA in Cross River, disclosed this in an Interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. READ ALSO: C/River govt issues 7-day […]
The Cross River Government is ready to raise “green millionaires” through the ongoing agro-industrial revolution programme in the state. Mr Okon Owuna, Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, made this known during a meeting with the organised farmers’ groups in Calabar on Monday. READ ALSO: Ganduje unveils $95m agro-pastoral projects Owuna said that the policy […]
Ahead of the March 28 Local government polls in Cross River State, there is disquiet among stakeholders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the selection of candidates. A group, Movement for Restoration of Cross River PDP and some members of the National Assembly have raised alarm over “affirmation” as mode for the selection […]
Mr Mfon Bassey, Commissioner for Environment in Cross River, has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders on illegal structures along major streets in Calabar to relocate their businesses. Bassey gave the ultimatum on Friday in Calabar, during an inspection tour of the Watt market, Hewett Street, Stadium road and the MCC junction. He urged them […]
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 […]
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers and Mr Adedayo Thomas, the Chief Executive, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) have been honoured for their contributions to the development of the Nigerian movie industry. Gov Ayade and Mr Thomas were given the Special Recognition Award in the non-competitive category at the 2019 Abuja International Film […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has performed 99 surgeries for free for residents of Nde community at Bakor Hospital in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River. Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr Agam Ayuk, disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the end of the free […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Wednesday donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ekpiri Effiom/Obutong, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River. The items donated included detergents, rice, noodles, cans of water, buckets, condiments and toiletries. Speaking at the occasion, Dr Dakuku Peterside Director General of NIMASA, said the […]
The Cross River State Branch of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has debunked rumours that Fulani herdsmen were planning to attack residents of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River. The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Hassan Abo, who spoke with the News men on Wednesday in Calabar, described the rumour as […]
Gets N2bn orders from stakeholders Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has disclosed that in line with his avowed committement to make Cross River State the rice hub of Africa, the Cross River Seedling Factory has gone into full production barely 24 hours after it was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. This follows the receipt […]
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), has blamed the persisting blackout in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers on ruptured of gas-bearing pipelines to power stations in the states. Manager of Corporate Communications of the company, Mr John Onyi, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. He, however, assured […]
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said that his ambition was not backed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Duke, a former governor of Cross River, who recently declared his intention to run for the exalted office, told newsmen in Lagos that though he remained close to Obasanjo, […]
…As INEC says it has not been served The State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Etim john has been restrained by a State High Court from parading himself as Chairman of the Party. Etim John was sworn in on Monday as chairman of the party along with his 34 other […]
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has called on the Federal Government to lend its support for the actualisation of the 274km superhighway and the Bakassi Deep Seaport projects embarked by the Cross River Government. Ikpeazu, who was speaking at the Cross River State Executive Council Chamber, Calabar, on Monday, when he paid a visit […]
The Cross River Water Board Limited says it will henceforth disconnect water supply to all consumers, including government establishments that fail to pay their bills regularly. The Administrator of the board, Dr. Stephen Odey, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Sunday. Odey said that this was part […]
The newly appointed Chairman of Cross River Basin Development Authority, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, says the call on him to serve by President Muhammadu Buhari, was an invitation to trigger new innovations and jump-start reforms that will reposition the basin authority and make it play the expected role in Nigeria’s economic growth. Speaking with newsmen in […]
…..crimes multiplies, economic activities grounded Close to a month after a House wife and a student of Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) were reported dead at no 14 Adak Uko street in Calabar, Calabar South and part of Calabar Municipal and Odukpani local government have remained in dark and without electricity supply for […]
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has decried the increasing level of decay in infrastructural facilities in Schools in Cross River State. “I wish more schools in Cross River State could be like ours but of course there are physical constraints” Lamenting the decay in almost all the schools in the state at the 20th […]