Tag: Cross River
We will deal with Boko Haram, not negotiate – David Mark
The Senate President, David Mark, restated Federal Government’s resolve to fight insurgency and other security challenges, saying government will not…
Africa accounts for 90% of world’s malaria deaths – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday, said 90 per cent of estimated 627,000 deaths caused by malaria in the…
Nigeria borrows $100m from Indian Export Bank
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved $100 million loan from the Indian Import- Export Bank for Cross Rivers,…
Chime, Imoke And The Cult of Secrecy
The trend by serving public officials in the country to always keep the people in the dark over their failing…
11 killed over land dispute
Eleven persons have been killed and no fewer than 2,000 people displaced in Adadama, Abi Local council of Nigeria’s south…
Fire Destroys N6b Properties In Cross River
Over N5 billion worth of properties have been destroyed by fire in January 2013 in some parts of Cross River…
Death rumours about Nigerian governor
The Nigerian government in Cross River state has debunked widespread rumours that Governor Liyel Imoke has died. Commissioner for Information,…
2012 in Review: Nigeria’s Cross River Lead, Others Follow
With 2012 being an Olympic year, one can say much of the action in the track and field events took…
Australian envoy joins Obudu Mountain race
Australian High Commissioner Takes Part In Obudu Mountain Race EMMA UNA/CALABAR Ian Mconville, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, is…
Flooding And Humanitarian Crises
The flood that ravaged many parts of the country this year has given birth to many humanitarian crises. It came…
Masked gunmen abduct 2 school kids
Four masked gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two children of the same parents in Calabar, capital of Cross River state, in…
Coaches Groom Athletes For Calabar 2014
There are strong indications that some of the athletes who were part of the just concluded summer holiday camping of…
How Best To Immortalise Kudirat Abiola
The Executive Director of Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, KIND, Amy Oyekunle, has said that that the best way Nigerians could…
OIL WELLS DISPUTE: Supreme Court Fixes 10 July For Verdict
The unending dispute between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states over ownership of 76 Oil Wells, resumed at the Supreme…
South-South Govs Call For New Policy On Power, Oil And Gas Sectors
In order to empower states of the South-South Region to generate, transmit and distribute power to complement the federal government’s…