The Cross River State Government has received a fire truck and humanitarian relief materials from the South-South Development Commission as part of efforts to strengthen emergency response and provide support to residents affected by fire…
The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has inaugurated the State Multi-Sectoral Steering Committee for the Nigeria for Women Programme (NFWP) Scale-Up Project, charging members to ensure inclusivity and extend the…
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…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Federal Government's directive mandating ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to procure vehicles from licensed local assemblers has been described as a significant step to revitalise Nigeria's automotive industry, create jobs, and…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), and 17 Commissioners…
By Ita Williams Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has outlined an economic transformation agenda for a possible second term, placing industrialisation, wealth creation, employment generation and private sector investment at the centre…
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…
... Increases Students Bursary to N200,000, N250,000 for Medicine, Law, Engineering Students ... Targets 1000 Compassionate Homes in Second Term By Sunday Anthony, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has tasked youths who…
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 Sunday Anthony, Uyo Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Sunday assured the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu that Akwa Ibom State would deliver the highest number of votes…
Governor Bassey Otu has inaugurated the Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, submitting that debt reduction, asset recovery, infrastructure renewal and public service reforms were evidences of…
By Our Reporter The Candidate for the House of Representatives for Akpabuyo, Bakassi, Calabar South Federal Constituency under the platform of the ADC in the January 2027 elections, Hon. Chief Emmanuel Etene has continued his…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo The apex youth organization in the Niger Delta region, Niger Delta Youth Leaders Forum, NDYLF has appealed for increased federal allocation from 13 to 20% to oil producing states in line…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, convener of the Christ Compassion to the Rural World (CCRW) Crusade, will offer 600 free surgeries and distribute food items during the forthcoming crusade in Uyo. Ashimolowo disclosed…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has called for the standardisation of community development levies imposed on property developers across the state amid concerns over arbitrary charges, intimidation and disruption…
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 Sunday Anthony, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) has explained why it is yet to commence deliberations on the bill to establish State Police. The chairman committee on information of the…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo After 18 years of communal hostilities that claimed lives, destroyed homes and forced residents to flee their ancestral communities, the Amazaaba Group of Communities in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area and…
By Sunday Anthony, Uyo A technological driven group, Ibom Innovation Network has called for stronger government, academia partnership to enhance technological take-off in Akwa Ibom. Hanson Johnson, President of Ibom Innovation Network (IIN), who made…
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 Our Reporter Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, The Cross River State representative on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has said he was launching five books on November 5,including the one that…
...Introduces Judicial Reforms By Our Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the State Customary Court Bill, 2026 into law. The Bill was passed following the presentation and consideration of the report…
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…
By Ita Williams The Cross River State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Pastor Ekpenyong Ene Cobham, has demanded the immediate retraction of a social media report alleging that Governor Bassey Otu directed government officials to…
