By Sylvia Akpan, CrossRiverWatch The Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has implemented free tuition fees for Cross Riverians in Public and Secondary Schools in the State. In a memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government and Chairman of the Palliative Distribution Committee – Professor Owan Enoh, Governor Otu also exempted the payment […]
By Mike Abang, Business Day Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged abuse of N2.3trn generated by TETFund, paid […]
By Asare Asare, Daily Post The Government of Cross River State has restated its desire to closely collaborate with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in order to achieve the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk disclosed this when the USAID team visited him in his office in […]
By Ochogwu Sunday, Daily Post The Police Command in Cross River State says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives in Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the Command’s Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad (ACKS), led by SP Ogini Chukwuma, uncovered the factory and recovered a […]
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Mrs. Bassey Otu, wife of the Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu says she and her husband are putting up schemes and programs to equip young girls in the state to get them to think and aim big. Mrs. Otu made this known on Tuesday while flagging off a […]
By Mustapha Usman and Bankole Abe, The ICIR The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have filed appeals at the Supreme Court, seeking the nullification of the Presidential Election Petition Court’s judgment which upheld the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential polls. […]
By Archibong Jeremiah The management of the Cross River State College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Itigidi, in Abi Local Government Area, LGA, Cross River State, met the proverbial “judgment day” on Thursday, June 1, 2023, precisely at 9:55 AM. The Registrar, Chief Aji Eko who was on his way to catch up with an […]
By Archibong Jeremiah The Paradise Toothpick factory in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area, LGA, in Central, Cross River State was commissioned by former governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on March 1, 2019. The aim of the N746 million project was to boost the economic activities within Yakurr LGA by making it a bamboo hub in the […]
By Sami Tunji, The Punch Newspaper The National Identity Management Commission has launched a self-service solution that allows Nigerians to register for the National Identification Number from the comfort of their house through a smartphone. The platform was launched at the commemoration of the 5th Identity Day by the Commission and the Ministry of Interior […]
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Apprehension, anxiety, and palpable fear have gripped the residents of Calabar, Cross River State capital over the preponderance of claims of the disappearance of male private organs. In the past two weeks, what started as rumor in distant lands has gradually crept into many homes in the city as no […]
By Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Cable The Cross River government has clarified that the N5 billion being proposed for the renovation of the governor’s office will also cover the state’s liaison buildings in Abuja and Lagos. The clarification follows reports that quoted Bassey Otu, governor of the state, as saying that the money would be spent […]
By Joseph Abasi-Abasi, Tribune Newspaper Cross River State said it has developed a Social Protection Policy modeled after the Federal Government’s Social Protection Framework for the state’s people. The state Commissioner for Social Welfare and Community Development, Margaret Ene-Ita disclosed this on Friday during a two-day training organized by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency […]