Cross River
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Defence
Sallah: FRSC deploys 520 personnel, vehicles in Cross River
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has deployed 520 personnel including the regular and special marshals to various locations in Cross River to ensure safety during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was disclosed by Corp Commander Istifanus Ibrahim, Sector Commander, FRSC Cross River in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Calabar. NAN reports that…
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Election
Gov. Ayade loses senatorial election in C/River
Gov. Ben Ayade has lost his bid to return to the Senate following his defeat by the incumbent senator representing Cross River North, Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. Ayade who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe’s of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 76,145 votes. The…
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Election
INEC Extends Voting in Cross River State to Sunday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the extension of voting in the presidential and national assembly elections in Cross River State to Sunday, February 26. This announcement was made in a statement signed by Mrs. Anthonia Nwobi, Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, on behalf of Prof. Gabriel Yomere, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River.…
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Featured
Cross River Senator withdraws court case against APC
Sen.John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s public…
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Featured
Calabar carnival incident: Gov Ayade orders arrest of driver on the run
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the incident that claimed seven lives during the Bikers Carnival at the ongoing Calabar carnival on Tuesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),The governor made this known in a statement through his Special Adviser on media, Mr Christian Ita. The incident occurred when a Toyota Camry car lost…
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Featured
Police arrests three suspected IPOB members in C/River
The Police Command in Cross River says it has arrested three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The state Police Commissioner, Sule Balarabe, disclosed this during a parade of the suspects, who were arrested by the command between August and November. The Commissioner gave the names of the suspected IPOB members as Richard Ukehad, 29; Esther…
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Crime
Gunmen abducts former Accountant General in Cross River
Gunmen in the Uyanga axis of the Calabar-Ogoja highway have kidnapped Mrs. Rose Bassey, a former Accountant General of Cross River, and three other people. In addition to shooting Edim-Edim Omin, a well-known preacher in the state, the gunmen who blocked the route also injured him. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the evangelist who narrowly avoided being…
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Featured
C’ River Govt. condemns collection of fees in state primary schools
The Cross River Government on Wednesday condemned the illegal collection of fees from pupils in state owned primary schools. According to the state government, education in public primary schools is free. Reacting to complaints by parents that their wards were sent home for not paying some monies, Mr. Castro Ezama, Special Adviser to the Governor on Education said such payments…
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Featured
NGO trains 60 rangers to tackle forest encroachment in C’ River
The Wildlife Conservative Society (WCS), A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has concluded the training of 60 rangers to tackle forest encroachment in Cross River. The Country Director of WCS, Mr. Andrew Dunn told newsmen on Monday that the training which lasted for 42 days was divided into two courses, each lasting 21 days. He said rangers from the Afi Mountain Wildlife…
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Politics
Buhari appoints ex-Cross River’s commissioner as EFCC secretary
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of Mr. George Ekpungu as the new Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Dr. Umar Gwandu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ekpungu served as the Commissioner for New Cities Development in Cross River State…
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Politics
APC Orders 3 Million Bunches Of Broom For Defectors In Cross River
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River has placed order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new entrants into the party. It is worrisome brooms are becoming scarce in the wake of new entrants into the party after Governor Ben Ayade defected to the party. The party’s publicity secretary, Bassey Ita, confirmed the party…
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Politics
Ayade sacks 4 Commissioners, other officials
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reportedly sacked four of the commissioners in the state. The Governor in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Christian Ita also relieved five persons of their various appointments in the state. The Governor, however, failed to state why they were relieved of their appointments but wished them well in…
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NEWS
Tax Appeal Tribunal orders Union Bank to pay Cross River N56.6m
The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS) has won a landmark case instituted against it by Union Bank Plc before the Tax Appeal Tribunal (South South zone) sitting in Benin. The Tribunal had ruled on November 11th 2020, that the relevant tax authority can request any information it deems fit from a tax payer, and it is not tax player’s…
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Nigeria
COVID-19 real, Ohaneze warns traders in Cross River
The President of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo in Cross River, Mr Ugorji Nwabueze, has warned traders in the state to stop being cynical about the existence of COVID-19, saying the pandemic is real. Nwabueze, who gave the warning in a statement in Calabar, said people should learn to take responsibility for their lives. The president, who is also the Senior Special…
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Energy & Environment
Sighting of rare Cross River gorillas good sign – Conservationists
Conservationists have hailed the sighting of the rare Cross River gorilla as a “positive sign” that the specie, once thought to be going extinct, are now reproducing and may soon have a stable population. Photographs of the Cross River primates were taken in the Mbe mountain range by the Wildlife Conservation Society in May and June 2020 and pictures released…
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Features
Ogoja: Old town deliberately crippled by power supply
The poor power supply situation in Ogoja has made owning and running a business a trying venture, writes Jubal Kanayo. Many who remember the Civil War which stretched from 1967 to 1970 will remember Ogoja as one of the towns in the then Biafra, which was ‘conquered’ by Federal Troops on their way to taking the region and re-uniting it…
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NEWS
COVID-19 face-off: Cross River Doctors proceed on indefinite strike
The face-off between the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross River chapter and the state governor has continued, with the association declaring that it would withdraw its services from all medical facilities in the state and proceed on an “indefinite strike”. This was relayed in a letter addressed to the Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire from the state chairman of the…
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