Tag: Calabar
Cross River Govt promises to fix potholes before Christmas
The Cross River Government has appealed to the general public to be patient over the sudden emergence of potholes on…
Man gives out 2-year-old son as collateral for loan
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a couple for allegedly trafficking their two-year old first son to an…
Navy confiscates over 13,803 bags of smuggled rice
Rear Admiral Mathew Emuekpere, the Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Nigerian Navy, said the command seized over 13,803…
President Buhari inaugurates Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured his administration’s drive to continually provide affordable healthcare services to the public.
Igbo traders resist IPOB’s sit-at-home order
Igbo traders in Calabar, Cross River, on Wednesday defied the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…
150 illegal refineries destroyed within 7 months – Navy
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Calabar, has destroyed no fewer than 150 illegal refineries between June 2017…
Medical doctors protest in Calabar over kidnap of colleague
Over 150 doctors from private, public and missionary hospitals and those in tertiary institutions in Cross River, on Wednesday, protested…
Motorists buy petrol with ease in Cross River
As fuel scarcity and hike in pump price bite harder in some states of the federation, the product situation remains…
Miss Africa Beauty Pageant: 32 countries to participate in 2017 edition
No fewer than 32 beauty queens are expected to participate in the 2017 edition of Miss Africa beauty pageant in…
Restructuring will guarantee national integration – Sen. Uzodinma
The Chairman of Southern Senators Forum, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has expressed optimism that addressing the issue of restructuring will guarantee…
Commissioner Blames Poor Road Network
Prof. Anthony Eneji, Cross River Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, has blamed the current high cost of Garri in…
Calabar Electrocution: Normalcy Returns To Affected Community
Normalcy has returned to Nyagasang community in Atimbo area of Calabar, after a high tension cable of Port Harcourt Electricity…
Dogara calls for probe into death of 30 football viewers in Calabar
Mr Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged the state government to conduct a thorough investigation…
Viewing Centre tragedy: Sen. mourns victims
Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, the Chairman, Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has described the death of over 30 people at a football…
Buhari Saddened By Death Of Football Fans
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic event that took the lives of several Nigerians at a football…
Man Utd Mourns Dead Calabar Fans
Manchester United FC of England has sent condolences to the families of football fans who died while watching Thursday night’s…
30 football viewers electrocuted in Calabar
Over 30 people are feared dead at a football viewing centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after being…
Calabar residents worry over lack of pipe borne water
Some residents of Calabar have expressed worry over the lack of pipe borne water in the city in recent months,…
Gov Ayade buys my papers – Teen Newspaper vendor
Vicky, who said she started selling newspapers when she was 9 years old and in JSS 3 in WAPI, Cross…
Woman births quintuplets after 10 years childlessness
The Cross River Government yesterday said the first quintuplets in the state’s history were delivered Monday in Calabar to a…
Demand for local rice rises in Calabar
The demand for Nigerian grown rice has risen in Calabar as residents patronise it more due to high cost of…
SON impounds 500 expired tyres in Calabar
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has seized 500 expired tyres and suspended the sale of 1,000 suspected substandard steel…
Explosion at CBN office in Calabar, many feared dead
An explosion has rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Calabar branch killing many people, the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) has…
IPMAN wants petroleum products loading decentralised from Lagos
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to decentralise loading of petroleum products…
Poultry farmers decry low patronage in Calabar
Some poultry farmers in Calabar, southern Nigeria, have expressed worries over low patronage of their business. They made this known…
Calabar fans hail Eaglets’ performance
Football Fans in Calabar on Monday commended Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets for the Sunday night’s 3-0 thrashing of Brazil in the…
Buhari launches 260km Super Highway, pledges speedy completion
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lauched the 260-kilometre Calabar-Kastina-Ala Super Highway road project at Obung, Cross River. The President expressed…
Buhari launches 260km Super Highway project, pledges speedy completion
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the 260-kilometre Calabar-Kastina-Ala Super Highway road project at Obung, Cross River. The President expressed…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
300 Bakassi IDPs get free medical service
No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from…