Tag: Cross River State
Gov Ayade Turns Heat On Civil Servants
Reuben Bojor/Calabar New Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has turned the heat on the civil servants as…
Cross River workers to embark on indefinite strike over unpaid salaries
By Kanjal Godshield Workers in the employ of the Cross River state government will embark on an indefinite industrial action,…
Mob Sets 4 Robbers Ablaze
Four robbery suspects met their waterloo in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area in the northern part of Cross River State…
I Will Work With Buhari To Move Cross River Forward –-Ayade
Prof. Ben Ayade, the governor-elect of Cross River State and a serving senator, in an interview with journalists in Calabar,…
Man Kills, Buries Daughter’s Lover
The River Basin Authority at the Mile 8 area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been thrown into…
Cross River’s Economy Not Mortgaged– CPS
Reuben Bojor/Calabar The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, Mr. Chris Ita, has debunked allegations…
Youths Plan One Million-Man March For Buhari
Youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, have concluded plans to organise a One Million-Man March…
Buhari’s Ill Health, A Ruse, Says Cross River APC Chairman
Bojor Reuben/Calabar The rumour that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari slumped when he was delivering…
Imoke flags off 10th Calabar carnival, says it promotes talents
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River state, southern Nigeria on Saturday flagged off the grand finale of the 2014 Carnival…
Robbers Terrorise Okuku Community
Robbers have been terrorising residents of Okuku in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State for months and the…
AFCON: Eagles In A Shaky Start
The Super Eagles got their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title defence off to a shaky start with a scandalous…
Nations Cup Qualifier: Eagles Fully Regroup For Congo
Sunday Akintoye The Super Eagles of Nigeria are back in action after their last outing at the 2014 FIFA World…
Man, Sons Die After Eating Dog Meat
A man, his two children and two other persons have died after eating dog meat in a village in northern…
Jeddy-Agba: A Governorship Aspirant At 56
By Michael Jegede Godwin Jeddy-Agba, an accomplished administrator and leading aspirant for the 2015 governorship contest on the platform of…
CCRSP: Creating A New Socio-Political And Economic Lifeline For Cross River
By Jacob Ajom The banquet hall of the Transcorp Hotels Calabar witnessed a different kind of gathering on 13 August,…
Obudu Mountain Race Holds 8 November
The 10th edition of the famous Obudu Mountain Race has been slated for 8 November, 2014 in its usual venue,…
Kumuyi prays for God-fearing successor to Imoke
Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Bible Ministry, on Thursday called on all residents of Cross River…
GOtv Commended For Digital Switch-over
Funsho Arogundade Chief Akin Rickett, Cross River State Commissioner for Information, has commended GOtv for increasing consumer awareness on the…
Mo Abudu Hosts The Studio Experience
On Sunday 20 July, Mo Abudu, CEO, EbonyLife TV, hosted scores of guests to a live pop-up activation titled The Studio Experience…
Nigerian Idol 4 Combs Calabar For Talents
Funsho Arogundade Following the success of auditions in Benin and Port-Harcourt, thousands of youths in the culture-rich state of Cross…
‘My mother sold my baby for $1,600’
A woman in Cross River state has been arrested by the police after her daughter reported her for selling her…
We Need Nigerians’ Support —Mba
The Super Eagles of Nigeria’s midfielder, Sunday Mba, has said that what they need is Nigerians’ support in their second…
Ethiopia Tie: Eagles Begin Training Today
Super Eagles of Nigeria will begin training today ahead of Saturday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Walya Ibex of…
Imoke presents N176.3b budget for 2014
Gov. Liyel Imoke of the southern Nigerian state of Cross River on Monday presented a budget of N176.3billion for the…
Dialogue panel moves to Calabar for memoranda
Nigeria’s National Dialogue Advisory Committee has begun its sitting in Calabar with a call on stakeholders to speak out on…
Salawe Wants More Tourney For Lagos Inter Clubs
Powerlifter Akeem Salawe has called on Lagos State Para Sports Association to organise more competitions to keep the athletes fit…
Go For Goals, Odegbami, Disu, Others Charge Eagles
Barely three days before the crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Flames of…
2014 World Cup Qualifier: Calabar Is Safe —Malawi FA
The Football Association of Malawi, FAM has described as false claims by its national team coach, Tom Saintfiet that Calabar,…
2 student cultists kill fellow student
The Nigerian Police Force in Cross River state has arrested two students of the Army Day Secondary School, Eburutu Barracks…
Fleeing Driver Arrested, Jailed
A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, who disappeared in Lagos with his…