Tag: Cross River
Response Team wants COVID-19 task force in campuses
Universities and other tertiary institutions in the country have been advised to set up COVID-19 task force in their campuses…
Maternal mortality reduced in Cross River – Lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Bakassi State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly, Dr Ekpo Ekpo-Bassey, on Sunday in Calabar…
Immigration rescues 3-week-old baby in Calabar
By George Odok The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River has rescued a three-week…
Updated: All contacts of CP Jimoh told to self-isolate for COVID-19
Contact tracing ordered as cause of death of CP Abdulkadir Lanre Jimoh, of Cross River, has been confirmed to be…
7 suspects escape from cell in Cross River
Cross River Police Command said seven detained suspects arrested for various offences in the state escaped from its cell on…
Cross River raises 6m cocoa seedlings
Cross River has raised six million improved variety of cocoa seedlings to boost its production capacity.
Suspected car snatchers, cultists nabbed in Cross River
Cross River Police Command has paraded some suspected car snatchers and cultists who were apprehended in Akwa Ibom State.
Maria Akwaji succeeds husband in Obudu constituency, wins with landslide
Maria Akwaji has run away with the Obudu State constituency seat of Cross River, winning with a landslide in the…
Cross River govt condemns attack on NYSC secretariat
Cross River Government has condemned the attack on the state secretariat of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), by hoodlums…
‘This is not my Cross River’: Ayade laments looting, damage done by protesters
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River says the state will require N5 billion to repair the Calabar International Conference Centre…
Ayade orders police carry out house-to-house search for loot
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, stunned by the wild looting of government and private assets by angry residents, has…
Gov. Ayade tasks Police on finding looted properties
Governor Ben Ayade has charged security agencies in the state to carry out a house-to-house search, for looted properties, and…
Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River inaugurate anti-human trafficking task force
Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States this week inaugurated a task force team in order to check and curb…
Gov. Ayade extends stay-at-home order
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has extended the stay-at-home order for civil servants by one week. The initial order…
Cross River bulldozes illegal shops at Calabar’s Etim-Edem Park
Over 100 illegal shops including containers erected within Etim-Edem Park in Calabar metropolis, have been demolished by the Cross River…
Cross River LG poll: APC demands apology from CROSIEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River says it expects free and fair election and will reject the writing…
Cross River assures of tacking ecological challenges
The Cross River government has reiterated its commitment towards addressing ecological challenges in the state.
Pay my father’s gratuity or I’ll commit suicide, Man protests
Mr Joseph Odey, 26, an indigene of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River, on Wednesday protested the non-payment of…
N100m to N500m: Gov. Ayade to upgrade Green Carnival budget
Prof. Ben Ayade, Cross River State Gov. on Tuesday, disclosed that the state would budget N500 million for the “Cross…
Two killed in fresh communal clash in Cross River
A communal clash between Usumtong and Ebom communities in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has claimed lives…
47,200 IDPs now in Cross River – SEMA
Cross River State is hosting 47,200 persons displaced by crisis and persistent flood, according to Mr Princewill Ayim, Acting Director-General…
Video: Nigerian market where trading done via barter, not Naira
A Nigerian market in Cross River is in the news for adopting the ancient trading by barter, instead of money…
Ayade distributes 800,000 insecticide-treated nets
Dr Linda Ayade, wife of the Governor of Cross River, says over 800,000 Long Lasting Insecticide-treated Nets (LLINs) will be…
Ayade inaugurates CAN secretariat, to sponsor 300 Jerusalem pilgrims
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has inaugurated the newly-built secretariat of the state’s branch of the Christian Association of…
Minister launches 6.55 km road in Cross River
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Usani Usani, has inaugurated the completed 6.55 kilometers Atimbo – Akpabuyo road constructed…
Lack of rainfall: Farmer expresses concern in Cross River
Mr Godshield Kanjal, the Chief Executive Officer, Kalz Farms in Ogoja, Cross River says the current climate change in the…
Electoral materials hijacked in Cross River
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River has confirmed the hijack of electoral materials in four local government…
Why peace accord is necessary in Cross River – SDP
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Cross River says the signing of peace accord by all governorship candidates in the…
Ensure campaign without bloodshed in Cross River -APC guber candidate appeals to Ayade
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Sen. John Owan-Enoh, has appealed to Gov. Ben…
Cross River REC denies selling ballot papers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River, Dr Frankland Briyai said the commission did…