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…
Communal War Sacks 3,000 Fulani Herdsmen
At least 3,000 Fulani herdsmen have fled from Katsina Alla in Benue state to Utanga in Obanliku Local Government Area…
37 Suspected Cult Members Docked In Calabar
Thirty-seven members of the Vikings and KKK Confraternity cult groups who allegedly went on a robbing, killing and vandalisation spree…
Imoke To Employ 30 Special Advisers
Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor seems set to reconstitute his Executive Council which he dissolved on 28…
IVY League: Duke Decries Neglect Of Schools Sports
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, has said that school sports is the best option to tackle…
Court gives INEC the nod to conduct C/River poll
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday challenged the power of the Federal High Court…
Divahyu Set To Release Heal The Broken Hearted
Eteng Marcus, a.k.a Divahyu, is set to release an album titled Heal The Broken Hearted on 19 February 2012. The…
Unemployed Graduates Get N2.8m NDE Loan
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it has disbursed N2.8 million to four unemployed graduates in Cross River under…
Imoke Sure Of Ticket —Supporters
Loyalists of Senator Liyel Imoke, governor of Cross River State, are upbeat that he will win the People’ Democratic Party,…
Cross River Commences Schools Rehabilitation
The Cross River Government says it has commenced the process of rehabilitating 250 schools across the state as part of…
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…
Cross River, Abia Meet On Boundary Dispute
The Cross River Government has expressed confidence in the ability of the Cross River/Abia Inter-state Boundary Committee to amicably resolve…
Oshiomhole Seeks Rail Link To Southsouth States
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has appealed to the Federal Government to connect the South South states with railway lines.…
Imoke Dangles N.5m At Gold Medallist
Governor of Cross River state, Liyel Imoke, has promised to reward athletes that win laurels at the ongoing 17th edition…
Slave History Museum For Calabar
Mr. Sunday Adaka, the Curator, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Cross River, has said that a slave history museum…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Automotive Mechanics In Lagos Endorse ACN, Fashola For April Elections
Motorcycle operators, owners, motor mechanics and technicians under the aegis of their separate associations which are affiliated to the National…