PDP dismisses alleged suspension of Cross River Chairman Ikem
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed the purported suspension of the chairman of…
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Cross River PDP suspends state chairman
The state chairman of the Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Venatius Ikem, has been removed…
Cross River Council chairman raises concern over challenges in office
One of the newly sworn-in chairmen of local government areas of Cross River State, Mr Kingsley Arikpo has said there…
NUJ calls for federal interventions in fixing dilapidated roads in Cross River
Nigeria Union of Journalists Cross River State Council has called on the federal government to rehabilitate the Calabar-Uyo federal highway…
Magistrates in Cross River issue notice of 2 weeks strike to state govt
Magistrates in Cross River State have notified the state government of their intentions to embark on a warning strike for…
LG election in Cross River was monumental fraud – PDP
The leading opposition party in Cross River State has stated in Calabar that last weekend’s local government council elections were…
3 women, 15 men declared new chairmen-elect of C’River LGAs
The chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, Dr Ekong Boco, has declared three women and 15…
Apathy, late arrival of materials mar Cross River LG polls
Sensitive electrical materials arrived very late in the local government elections held on Saturday in Cross River State. There was…
Cross River school children stranded as Gov Otu declares ‘impromptu’ public holiday
Thousands of primary and secondary school children and teachers across Cross River State were stranded Thursday morning following the sudden…
Former Cross River PDP campaign DG dumps party for APC
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Cross River, Mr Asuquo Ada, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress…
Cross River begs Nigerian govt to fix Calabar-Uyo highway
The government of Cross River State has appealed to the federal government to expedite the reconstruction work on the Calabar-Uyo…
New police commissioner resumes in Cross River, warns criminals
Mr Peter Ukachi Opara has resumed as the 45th Commissioner of Police in the Cross River State Police Command of…
47-year-old man gets life imprisonment for rape in Cross River
Honorable Justice Blessing Egwu has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon to life imprisonment for defiling an 8-year-old minor. Ita…
NDLEA decries ‘alarming’ rate of drug abuse in Cross River
The Deputy Commander, Narcotics, at the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mrs Nandi Ada has decried the high rate of…
NBC to demarcate Cross River boundaries with neighboring states
Director-General of Cross River State Border Communities Development Commission, Onun Ngim Okpo has disclosed that the National Boundary Commission, NBC,…
LP distances self from splinter group in Cross River
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Cross River State has described a group of former Nigeria Labour Congress…
2 Mpox cases evacuated to isolation centre in Cross River – State govt
Cross River State epidemiologist, Inyang Ekpenyong has announced that two cases of M-Pox have been confirmed, this time in the…
Cross River community impresses on producing next Ikom LGA Council Chairman
As momentum builds for the local government election in Cross River State, different groups are angling to assert their interests.…
Cocoa tussle: Indigenes of Cross River community cry out over intimidation by soldiers
Residents and cocoa farmers in Etung LGA of Cross River State have alleged that they are being assaulted by soldiers…
Cross River: Otu approves employment of 208 new doctors, other medical personnel
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has given approval for employment of additional 31 medical doctors, 22 pharmacists and…
Cross River cocoa farmer accuses rival of kidnapping his staff
A cocoa farmer operating within the Agbokim Waterfalls community and Abonita government-owned cocoa estate in Etung local government area of…
Protest: Cross River College sends all students home in fear
The Management of College of Health Technology Calabar has closed today due to fears of the impending planned protest billed…
Hardship Protest: Auto crash claims 3 Cross River varsity students
Three students of Cross River State University have died in an auto crash while travelling to their homes following a…
Alleged embezzlement: Labour Party suspends chairman in Cross River
The Labour Party, LP, in Cross River State has suspended its chairman, Mr Ogar Osim, over allegations of embezzlement and…
Customs auction over 26,000 litres of PMS in Cross River
The Cross River/Akwa Ibom Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has auctioned off 26,625 litres of seized petrol to the…
Cross River govt demands answers over disappearance of Anambra Corper, Dorcas Ojong
The Cross River State Government has called on the Director General of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, to produce…
Cross River govt blames CROSIEC for inability to conduct of LG polls
The Cross River government has blamed the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, for its inability to conduct…
Olympian Offiong Edem laments lack of recognition by Cross River Govt
Five time Olympian, Offiong Edem has lamented that her home government, Cross River, has never recognized her Olympic successes. She…
Army denies beating up cocoa farmers in Cross River
The Nigerian Army has denied authorizing some soldiers to harass and manhandle cocoa farmers last Saturday in their farms in…
We’re going to rejig PDP – Cross River chairman
Following many setbacks, including the loss of the governorship election last year and dwindling membership, the chairman of the opposition…
Coastal Highway: Construction of Akwa Ibom, Cross River sections kickstarts August – Umahi
The Minister of Works, Sen David Umahi, said the construction of Sections 3b and 4 of the Akwa Ibom-Cross River…
Cross River: Gov Otu appoints new chair of Traditional Rulers Council
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has appointed the paramount ruler of Abi LGA, HRM Oval Solomon Osim Edward,…
Cross River IGR hits N32bn – Revenue Service Chairman
Chairman of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Services, IRS, Prince Edwin Okon, on Friday, said the state’s internally generated…
Civil War: ‘We can’t forget how we lost 3,962 men’ – Cross River monarch
As the anniversary of the outbreak of Nigeria’s Civil War holds next month, HRM Dr Enun Bassey Enun, the paramount…
Gov Otu commences completion of road abandoned 30 years ago in C’River
The construction of the Adiabo-Ikoneto Road in Odukpani LGA of Cross River State which was started and abandoned by the…
Gov Otu dissolves Cross River State Council of Chiefs
Governor Bassey Otu has responded to the resolution of the Cross River State House of Assembly of Tuesday, which urged…
Cross River to reclaim degraded lands with 6 new cocoa estates
Cross River State government has said that degraded areas of the state are to be restored. The Commissioner for Agriculture…
We’re not anti-government – Amnesty International
The Cross River Coordinator, Amnesty International, Gabriel Aniabi, has said that the organization is independent of any government, political ideology…
Cross River govt to punish anyone standing against cocoa management
The government of Cross River State has announced that it will deal with any person or group of persons who…
Another alleged quack medical facility shut in Cross River
The Coordinator of the Cross River State Taskforce on Health Quality and Anti-Quackery, Dr Dan Abubakar, has confirmed the closure…
Illegal Minings: Armed Nigeriens, Chadians occupy Cross River forests – State govt
The Cross River State government has raised alarm over the massive presence of foreigners believed to come from Chad and…
Cross River govt rids Calabar streets of mentally-challenged persons
The government of Cross River has commenced the evacuation of mentally-challenged persons from the state capital city, Calabar. The exercise…
Minimum Wage strike: Labour shuts down Cross River
The industrial action embarked upon by the Organized Labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress,…
Biodiversity group gives reasons for decline in seafoods production in Cross ‘River
Plant ecologists and other experts have identified the continual decline in the production of seafood such as crayfish, shrimp, and…
Cross River Governor rewards Moffi for AFCON 2023 feat
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has doled out N10m to Terem Moffi for winning a silver medal with the…
Aggrieved Cross River lawmakers, Speaker reconcile
Cross River State lawmakers who last Wednesday removed the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Elvert Ayambem,…
I haven’t endorsed anyone as Cross River Speaker – Ndoma-Egba
Former Majority Leader of the National Assembly, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has denied endorsing any lawmaker to become Speaker of the…
Crime rate in Cross River low – DIG Sokari Pedro
Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of South-South and Head of Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in…
French govt to invest in Cross River agric, tourism sectors
French investors and economic experts have expressed the desire to invest in the agriculture and tourism sectors of Cross River…
C’River govt dismantles 50 illegal revenue points
The Cross River State Government has dismantled no fewer than 50 illegal revenue points in parts of the state. This…