By Uno Onete The College of Health Technology, Calabar has matriculated 684 students in her 18th matriculation ceremony amidst pomp and pageantry. The matriculation took place last week at the college’s premises with a mammoth…
By Edem Darlington For the first time in 15 years, the people of Ogboro and Ijibor communities in Bekwarra Local Government Area in Cross River State can finally switch on their lights, charge their phones,…
By Anietie Akpan Health experts have decried the low rate of early initiation of breastfeeding by mothers in Cross River State, saying the time has come for action. Speaking recently at a one day workshop…
By Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says his administration is set to attract an institution of higher learning to Opobo Town to drive sustainable academic and economic growth in the area. The…
By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman won the Africa Player of the Year award at the 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday night. His victory comes less than 33 months after winning his…
By Magnus Effiong The government of Cross River State has explained why it has so far given out about N50 millions as grants to hoteliers and restaurant operators in the State. PillarToday reports that in…
By Anietie Akpan The minor brush between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Okoyong Usanga Abasi, Ikot Essien, and Atang Mbakara Okoyong communities in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State has been brought under…
By Our Reporter Calabar South local government council has mapped out measures to float a cluster of neighborhood organisations to curb insecurity. The Council Chairman, Pastor Patrick Archibong, who dropped the hint while addressing a…
By Anietie Akpan December 7, 2024, the raffia city of Ikot Ekpene stood still as the remains of Mrs. Edna Udo Akpan Essien Ebom JP, the matriarch of the Eboms, was laid to rest in a…
By Ita Williams A coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) has raised concerns over the increased presence of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) products in Nigerian markets, and therefore called on the federal and state governments…
By Nathaniel Otaba For several years, indigenes of Opaka, Ebo, Okpodon, Wanokom, Wanikande, and Uju rural communities in Yala local government area, northern Cross River State gropped in agony of not just poverty but sheer…
By Our Reporter The Deputy Chief Press Secretary (DCPS) to Governor Bassey Otu, Mr Edem Darlington, has reacted to an article written by a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Austin Ibok, which…
By Anietie Akpan The Nigerian left has lost one of its own. She is Professor Bene Edwin Madunagu who passed on, Tuesday at about noon sending shock waves to the marxists, radical feminists, the University…
By Magnus Effiong The tourism drive of the Cross River state government has begun to yield dividend with only the Marina Resort attracting eight billion (N8 billion) Naira private-sector-driven investments, the Managing Director of the…
By Anietie Akpan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that achieving excellence in Nigeria is difficult due to ethno-religious schism that often hinders effective allocation and utilization of…
By Our Reporter The Initiator of the Think Cross River initiative, Edem Darlington would be honored by the presidency for his efforts in community engagement and leadership according to a statement by the senior special…
By Magnus Effiong The Palace of the Obong of Calabar at Efanga Nsa Street, Calabar South, was agog on Friday as the First Class Monarch, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, inducted HRH Etubom…
By Magnus Effiong The Alumni Association of St Patrick’s College Ikot Ansa, Calabar, has called on relevant authorities to work towards returning the institution to a boarding school for boys only. The National President of…
By Magnus Effiong A group of legal practitioners in Cross River has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the State, Augustine Grimah, to urgently investigate the reported brutality meted out on a citizen, Ogo Ogar…
By Our Reporter It was a gathering of who is who at the Christian Central Chapel Int’l, aka Faith Mansion World Centre in 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the political class,…
By Our Reporter It was a gathering of who is who at the Christian Central Chapel Int’l, aka Faith Mansion World Centre in 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the political class,…
Cross River to Spend N498b in 2025, Priotiszes Infrastructure By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimate of N498 billion, christened 'Budget of Sustainable Growth,' to the State…
By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimates of N498 billion, christened 'Budget of Sustainable Growth,' to the State House of Assembly for 2025. Otu said the sum…
By Joseph Kingston William Shakespeare once said that ‘the heavens themselves blaze forth the birth of kings.’ This postulation emphasizes that each time an extra-ordinary personality is born into the earth planet, even the planetary…
By Edet-Honesty Effiong This is my second theme on the 64th Independence anniversary of Nigeria. And just as I did in the first piece, I am still tempted to ask the same question whether we…
By Magnus Effiong/Princewill Kingston Crisis is brewing at the headquarters of the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) located in 8 miles, Calabar, over the reported theft of MF 275 tractor belonging to the Authority.…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government under the leadership of Governor Bassey Otu, has so far paid off about N70 billion of its inherited debt in just 16 months in office.…
By Anietie Akpan Following escalated violence between Cameroonian forces and pro Biafra Separatist in Bakassi Peninsula, trade and maritime traffic between Cameroon and Nigeria in the area have been suspended temporarily. Top sources told Pillar…
OPINION By Etim Etim Watching a football game live at the stadium provides a different set of thrills and fun. The shouts, drumming, cheers, boos and the side comments and commentaries from the fans create…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio OPINION By Etim Etim I have seen the screenshot of the text messages that went between Senator Godswill Akpabio and the late Ufot Ebong in which Ebong, in his sick…
