By Isoni Isoni The newly introduced New Yam kitty organised by the members of the Calabar Golf Club who hailed from the Central and Northern Senatorial districts of Cross River State will be an annual…
By Our Reporter For over five years, residents of Usung Esuk Odot in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State have been without electricity following the vandalisation of a transformer installed in the community…
The Cross River state Police Command has said it forestalled the breakdown of law and order and arrested one person following a reported attack on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the National Democratic…
In line with the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, Dr Betta Edu, Co-Director of the Women Mobilisation wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has taken the First…
The Mediatrix Development Foundation, founded by former First Lady of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade, has concluded a three-day Cancer Awareness and Screening Programme at the Obudu German Hospital. Held from 22nd to 24th…
Cross River Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Boundary Committee(SBC), Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to resolving the protracted communal crisis between Ebom and Ebijaghara communities in Abi Local…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has hosted the founder of Eternity Network International, Apostle Joshua Selman, and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CSS Group, Reverend Professor John…
By Our Reporter The 164th Inaugural Lecturer of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Senator Prof. Stephen Adi Odey, has charged governments and the private sector to invest in skills development and digital education to prepare…
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has appointed Dr Betta Edu as Director of Finance and Fundraising for the Bassey Otu/Peter Odey 2027 APC Governorship Campaign Council. Dr Edu is one of the…
By Fidelis Egugbo On several occasions, news filtered in that the former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, was dead, but it always turned out to be a hoax, prompting some observers…
Thousands of journalists and media professionals from across Nigeria are expected to converge in Ekpene Obo, Esit Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday and Friday, October 22-23, 2026, to bid a…
Otuekong Barr Ekpenyong Akiba is the Special Adviser to Gov Bassey Otu on General Duties. In this interview, he speaks on reasons Cross River people celebrating the 67th Birthday of the Governor and other…
By Ita Williams The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), Cross River State Chapter, has expressed concern over the increasing activities of unqualified persons providing eye-care services in the state. The association said the situation was particularly…
The lingering leadership and succession dispute of Etamkpini Qua Clan in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria has been laid to rest as Qua Clans Constituted Assembly (QCCA) Arbitration Committee presented His…
. . . Fresh Field Verification Reopens C/River’s Oil, Maritime Claims By Princewill Kingston/Solomon Okon Nearly two decades after the controversial transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, a new technical development has rekindled hope…
By Pastor Peter Terna I want you to first and foremost understand that barriers are real. They block people’s destinies and progress; They frustrate lives and render people hopeless and disappointed. 1 Corinthians16:9. Deuteronomy Chapter…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State government has procured 50 Compressed Natural Gas((CNG) buses to ease the burden transportation on residents of the state. The buses which arrived in batches ferry commuters across…
By Dianabasi Effiong A capacity-building and knowledge-sharing seminar to strengthen the leadership, governance skills of National Sports Federation presidents, and promote internationally recognised good governance standards in Nigerian sports will begin on Sept. 28 in…
By Kingsley Agim The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Affairs, Mr. Nsa Gill, has introduced a social reorientation campaign, “Do the Right Thing,” aimed at promoting ethical conduct, civic responsibility and good citizenship…
By Our Reporter The Chairman of a socio-cultural organisation, Yala Progressive Union, Calabar branch, Dr Denis Ogar, has explained why his people unanimously agreed to make the Chairman of Axari Hotels & Towers, Etubom Arc…
By Magnus Effiong In a bid to ensure food security, healthcare and improved welfare of Nigerians, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of President Bola Tinubu, has launched the National Community Food Bank Programme in Calabar for…
By Omini Oden There is something profoundly wrong with a democracy that remembers its older citizens when it needs their votes but forgets them when it is time to design the system in which those…
By Our Reporter The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency, Mr Ededem Hogan, has explained why he is seeking to unseat the incumbent member of the House of Representatives, Rt.…
By Wevole Ezin, Calabar The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Journalists to make the safety, dignity, privacy and best interests of children central to their reportage, warning against coverage that could expose vulnerable…
By Ita Williams The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Cross River State Command, has rescued 42 persons and arrested suspected members of an alleged transnational criminal syndicate operating under the guise of a…
Youths and other residents of Cross River State have expressed support for the Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on Special Duties, Barr. Ekpenyong Akiba, over the petition to the police that reportedly led to…
By Wevole Ezin Residents of Peaceland Community in Calabar, Cross River State, are living in fear as an expanding ravine continues to eat into residential buildings, displacing families and threatening to destroy more homes. The…
By Magnus Effiong Daniel Imo, 44, paralysed for the past 23 years as a result of a workplace accident, has cried out for help from governments at all levels, groups, organisation and indeed public-spirited individuals.…
By Ita Williams Leaders of Obutong community in Calabar Municipality have denied reports that residents are planning to protest over the devastating landslide threatening the area. Instead, they appealed to the Federal, State and Local…
By Ita Williams The Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has charged the outgoing Associate Minister of Asin Ufot, Efut Parish, Rev. Patience Odor Ateb, to remain faithful to her calling and uphold the…
