Edem Bassey, Calabar A critic of Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade’s government and All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain, Paul Efere has been arrested and detained at the Cross River State Police Headquarters, Diamond Hill, Calabar on allegation of cultism and kidnapping. The suspect was arrested in Abuja and drove to Cross River State, […]
Edem Bassey, Calabar Commercial sex workers have taken over major streets in Cross River State. The call girls stationed at strategic positions in various major streets of Calabar, the State capital are mostly found at political venues, hotels and major roads, making the areas their regular business locations. Investigations conducted by our correspondent revealed that […]
Edem Bassey, Calabar The Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, who was some time ago described as best labour friendly governor by the congress, was a disappointment. The vice chairman of the state NLC, Comrade Edim Oyongha, said the governor has failed […]
The Cross River State Police Command says in the early hours of Saturday rescued Comfort Udoenwang following a gun-battle with the armed gangs at Akpap-Okoyong village in Odukpani Local Government Area. It is understood that suspects linked to the incident were arrested and whisked away along Jesus Avenue in Calabar South LGA.
The police in Cross River State have confirmed the arrest of one Michael Edet who raped a serving corps member (name withheld) after breaking into her residence in Ekpri-Obutong in the Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident happened on Friday at about 11pm at Block A6, Obutong Estate in Ekpri-Obutong when […]
Ikot Effanga Mkpa community in Calabar Municipal Council was almost being extinct due to erosion that had eaten the area since 2012. Already about 100 houses have given way for erosion while property estimated at several billions of naira have been destroyed. Some of the remaining estates are under threat of submerging due to the […]
Many customers were said to have died Saturday after an eatery operator in Ogoja, Cross River State, allegedly put poison in the food he sold them. The eatery operator, it was leant, last night, confessed to the crime. The suspect, Paul Armond, who has been arrested by the police, was said to be undergoing interrogation. […]
Cross River State Sports Commission has received a donation of fifty six basketballs and one hundred pairs of canvas shoes from a sports philanthropist. Displaying the items to newsmen in Calabar, the Chairman of the Sports Commission, Right Hon Orok Otu Duke said the basketballs and the canvas shoes will be distributed to over 400 […]
Trucks drivers in Cross River state have decried what they called multiple taxations in the state. The drivers, over the past years have allegedly been taxed severally by various government agencies in the state. Investigations revealed that each truck driver that carried a tipper of sand was subjected to multiple taxations by local and state […]
The Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Steve Odey has said that the state has paid its counterpart funding for the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC) and have received a whopping sum of N7.5 billion which the government will use to transform basic education in the state.Dr Odey stated this while briefing […]
Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu, has flagged-off the Graduate in Irrigated Agricultural Scheme (GIAS), at Ogoja irrigation project, of the Cross River Basin Development Authority. Cross River Basin Development Authority, Ogoja Irrigation project became the fifth (GIAS) program among the 12 pilot projects expected to be launch in 2016; an initiative whereby […]
An 80-year-old clan head from Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River has reportedly gone blind “because the gods are annoyed with him”. Etinyin Eyo Edem, clan head of Akwa Ikon Eyo Edem in Odukpani told journalists in his palace Wednesday that his ordeal is as a result of Bakassi returnees who are now camped in […]
Ndoma-Egba, a bad loser, says Cross River PDP Chairman Ntufam John Okon, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Par ty, (PDP), in Cross River State, has, berated the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, describing him as a bad loser. Okon who spoke with newsmen in Calabar said Ndoma-Egba has refused to take his loss in last […]
Cross River State Governor-elect, Prof. Ben Ayade has pledged to engage “the right companies that will explore gas in the state and also generate power through gas turbines”. Ayade made this disclosure, on Wednesday, in Calabar, during a post-election media chat with journalists to thank the people of the state whom, he said, voted […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) Cross River chapters, have both, at their various levels, pledged to transform Cross River into a haven, if voted into office in this Saturday’s gubernatorial election. Represented by Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo, gubernatorial candidate of the LP in the state and his counterpart for the APC, OdeyOchicha, […]
The Cross River State Ministry of Agriculture says it was willing to partner with All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN) to alleviate poverty in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Ukam Edodi, made the assertion, on Tuesday, in Calabar, when the executive members of AFAN, Cross River chapter, paid him a […]
A convoy of combined team of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the para-military organisations, on Tuesday, in a show of force, drove round the streets of Calabar in Cross River State, blaring sirens as they drove along. The convoy, consisting of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Mobile Police, the Police, Civil Defence, Prisons, […]
As Nigerians await the result of the Presidential election held at the weekend, Daily Times can authoritatively reveal that 14 states may determine the winner. The states include Rivers, Delta Abia, Anambra, Lagos and Jigawa. The rest are Kano, Kaduna, Cross River, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Bauci and Kebbi. The projection is based on […]