NUJ ,CRS Council Chairman, Comrade Archibong Bassey By Ita Williams, Calabar The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, has issued a strong call to action on several pressing issues affecting the state,…
Dr Betta Edu (2nd from left), NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero (3rd from left) and other Labour leaders. By Anietie Akpan As Nigerians celebrate the 2025 May day, the immediate past Minister of Humanitarian Affairs…
By Itam Offor In it's continuous efforts at strengthening healthcare delivery in the State, the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRHA) has repealed the Essential Drugs Programme Law 2002 and passed the CRS Drugs…
CRS .Deputy Gov. (left) with the Chief Executive Officer of NELfund, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr By Anietie Akpan Governor Bassey Edet Otu of Cross River State has commended the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of…
By Anietie Akpan The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, has further confirmed the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban, jailed in 2021 by the lower court in Akwa Ibom state. INEC prosecuted Prof Ogban in…
SSA to the Governor on Research and Documentation, Dr. Essien Ndueso (right) with OAP, George Iniabasi Essien at the radio interview session . The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Research and Documentation,…
By Dianabasi Effiong The King’s Baton Relay will be hosted in Nigeria between June 15 and June 18, 2025, under the auspices of Commonwealth Sports and the Commonwealth Games, Nigeria. For the first time, each…
By Etim Etim Shareholders of Access Holdings will meet in Lagos on May 15 to consider the group’s financial results for Financial Year (FY) 2024 and review its expansion strategy for the next few years.…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio By Dianabasi Effiong The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says Nigeria stands at the threshold where it's Police Force must not be seen merely as an arm of coercion, but…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has reaffirmed that the growing wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is propelled by the sterling performance…
Prince Adewole Adebayo By Anietie Akpan The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo has called on defectors to the party to strictly adhere to its Ideology and not to bring…
A cross section of Board Members at the meeting. By Dianabasi Effiong The three-day induction programme for Board members of the Police Service Commission began on Monday in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom State. The town, known…
By Anietie Akpan In a gale of defections rocking the People Democratic Party (PDP) nationwide, a prominent member in Ikom Urban Ward 1 has dumped the PDP to the All Progressive Congress (APC) with thousands…
President Bola Tinubu The Akwa Ibom Unity Forum (AUF), a bipartisan coalition of prominent sons and daughters of Akwa Ibom State, has issued a heartfelt appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging federal intervention in…
By Anietie Akpan The Cross River Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has celebrated her National President, Comrade Alhassan Yahya at his birthday. A message of felicitation dated April 27 and signed by…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Police Service Commission Board induction/Strategic Management Session for its newly- appointed Board Members is scheduled for Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, from April 28 to April 30. According to the PSC…
Akwa Ibom First Lady Designate, Lady Helen Obareki (3rd from right), Wife of Senate President, Dr. Ekaette Unoma Akpabio (4th from right) and others presenting one of the items to a beneficiary on Saturday. By…
By Anietie Akpan The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have decried funding cuts to global health, saying already, over 15 million Vulnerable children cannot be vaccinated Outbreaks of vaccines…
By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has unveiled a new unifying mantra for the state: “One Cross River, One Love”. The announcement which was made during an Endorsement Dinner hosted in…
Lady Helen Obareki presenting an item to one of the market Women. By Dianabasi Effiong Lady Helen Eno Obareki, the Coordinator, Office of the Akwa Ibom State First Lady, on Friday, held a sensitisation rally…
Governor Bassey Otu (left) with the installation, the National Coordinator Cross Riverians 4 Bassey Otu, Obonganwan Gnarly Eyo, By Anietie Akpan Moved by his impeccable developmental track record that has impacted lives of ordinary person…
A cross section of pioneer engineering graduates. By Anietie Akpan The Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Calabar (Unical), has churned out its first set of graduates, just as the Vice Chancellor of the…
Delta State Deputy Governor, Monday Onyeme in a handshake with the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice T.O. Diai. By Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has said that the late Prof. Amos…
The First Lady Designate, Akwa Ibom State, Lady Helen Eno Obareki (middle) with the children and others, cutting the Governor’s birthday cake on Thursday. By Anietie Akpan The Coordinator, Office of the First Lady, Akwa…
The distribution of the fertilizers The House of Representatives Member for Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency, Rep. Bassey Akiba, has distributed fertilizers to hundreds of farmers in Bacoco Community, in Calabar Municipality. The atmosphere was filled…
By Anietie Akpan The 137th Inaugural Lecturer of the University of Calabar (Unical), Prof. Susana Ben Ohen, has said that climate change, insecurity, post-harvest losses, policy, and governance gaps pose challenges to the food security…
Late Miss Awhobiwom Ukah. By Anietie Akpan Residents of Calabar and the Ctoss River State Government have traded blames over the Good Friday flood incident that drowned and swept away Miss Awhobiwom Ukah, a second…
Pix 1: L-R: Chairman Planning Committee, Eyo Charles; NUJ Chairman, Comrade Archibong Bassey; CP Olusegun Omosanyin; NUJ Vice Chairman, Sunday Inah and Pix 2: NUJ Chairman, Comrade Bassey (right) in a hand shake with the…
Nigeria’s U20 Flying Eagles By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, on Tuesday, defeated their Egyptian counterparts, Young Pharaohs, 2-1 in a pre-Africa U20 Cup of Nations friendly at the Cairo International Stadium. Kparobo…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianabasi Effiong The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has lauded the Federal Government's decision to make the naira-for-crude policy permanent, describing it as a sustainable solution to the cost of living…
