Tag: Cross River State
Imoke Begins Campaign
Tumultuous crowds turned up at Yala and Ogoja northern Cross River State on Monday 6th February to receive Senator Liyel…
Imoke Moves Out Of Governor’s Lodge
Following the Supreme Court judgement this morning, Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke has formally vacated office and he started…
Lawmakers Walk Out On Governor
Members of the Benue State House of Assembly have staged a walk out on the governor of the state, Gabriel…
Cross River CJ Frees 24 Awaiting Trial Inmates
Justice Dorothy Inyamba Idem, the Chief Judge of Cross River State has set free twenty four inmates of the Federal…
Training Of 6166 Ex-Militants To Begin In December
The rehabilitation training for the remaining 6166 ex-militants will commence at the Obubra camp in December 2011. Special Adviser…
1.500 Ex –Militants For Training At Obubra Camp
The 15th batch of ex-militants numbering 1,500, the highest single figure to be trained so far at a time, yesterday…
Suicide Man At Synagogue Arrested
A 30-year old man has been charged to Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, for allegedly attempting suicide inside…
Tribunal Strikes Out Case Against Rep’s Member
The National and House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Cross River State has struck out the case instituted by…
Man’s Penis Cut Off While Asleep
A young man called Chima Ejiofor is lying critically ill in the casualty section of the University of Calabar Teaching…
Cross River To Enforce Night Traffic Regulation
Enforcement of traffic rules in Calabar, Cross River State is set to go beyond day time as the Department of…
Judge Warns Naval Officer
Justice Adetokumbo Ademola of the Federal High Court, Calabar, has warned Navy Captain Ibrahim Chomoko of the Eastern Naval Command,…
Athletes Burn Calabar Tracks
The 65th Athletics Federation Championship gets underway in Calabar, Cross River State with the opening ceremony taking place this afternoon.…
Imoke Closes Eleven Tertiary Schools
The Cross River State Government has ordered the immediate closure of eleven private tertiary institutions operating in the state. …
Gov. Sylva Hiding John Togo —Ex-Militant Alleges
Ekpein Appah, the Obubra Camp Administrator for the rehabilitation of former militants has alleged that the Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre…
UNICAL Plans To Generate Own Electricity
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) in Cross River State, is currently planning to generate own electricity, using the Qua River…
Jonathan Goes On Working Retreat
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will today, Â Friday, April 29 embark on a seven-day working retreat to the Obudu Mountain Resort…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Some INEC Staff And Security Agents Compromised-IGINI
Though electoral materials were on Saturday, 2 April distributed and dispatched to polling centres behind schedule in the Southern Senatorial…
Mass Defection From PDP To ACN In Cross River
cAt least five members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have moved to the Action Congress of Nigeria…
Paramount Ruler, 17 Others Escape Drowning; Senator Ita-Giwa Fails To Make Trip
High waves and boisterous winds in the Bakassi Peninsula, Cross River State, South South Nigeria, capsized the boat carrying a…
Rape Incidents, Drugs Mar Calabar Festival
By Emma Una/ Calabar Rape, drug abuse and gambling have taken centre stage in the 2010 Calabar Christmas Village currently…
Catechist Commits Suicide
The village of Wanihem in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State was thrown into confusion Tuesday morning when…
Mountain Race: Foreign Athletes Invade Obudu
At least 76 foreign stars will be on parade at the 6th Obudu International Mountain Race and the second African…
Fanfare As Minister Buries Mother
The northern town of Ogoja in Cross River State along with surrounding villages like Okpoma and Okuku came alive over…
Boki Leader Condemns Attack On Nsadop
The President of Boki Local Government Union in Lagos, Prince Julius Olom, has described the killings and savagery resulting from…
Gov Imoke Imposes Curfew In Boki
As the surviving victims of the recent Boje and Nsadop communal conflict in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River…
3 Soldiers, Others Killed In Land War
Three soldiers drafted from the Recce Battalion, Ikom in Cross River State to calm communal hostilities between the warring communities…
Sprite Premieres Triple Slam Music Video
In line with its brand promise of creatively engaging its target audience Sprite, a sparkling beverage from the stable of…
10 Jostle For UNICAL VC’s Seat
No fewer than 10 candidates have lined up to succeed the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Professor Bassey Asuquo, who…
SEX ROMP: Lawyer Dies In Hotel Room
A lawyer, George Eneji, who worked with Edem Egba Eneji, a law chambers along Barracks Road in Calabar, Cross River…
‘Pastor Chris, A Worthy Role Model’
Barrister Efiok Cobham, the Cross River State deputy governor has described the President of Believers’ Loveworld, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome as…