Gov Bassey Otu of Cross River has begun the probe of the administration of his predecessor in office with the setting up of a committee to dig into concessioned industries and land related matters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee is named “Fact Finding Committee...
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By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of the state , following crisis for weeks which have led to the lost of lives and properties in the two LGAs. Governor Bassey Otu...
Gov. Bassey Otu in further response to the cruise boat mishap involving 14 medical students at the Marina Resort on Saturday, ordered the suspension of cruise operations and other activities at the resort. The order was given in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has commended President Bola Tinubu on the recent appointment of an indigene of the state, Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, as Chief of Defence Intelligence. Also, Governor Otu expressed joy at the elevation of four citizens of the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River Governor, Sen. Prince Bassey Otu, has concluded plans to end the 14-year law on forest moratorium in the state. Otu hinted that the decision was informed by the loss of revenue to illegal logging activities going on in the state’s rich forests....
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has donated N10 million to traders whose stores were gutted by fire at the Bogobiri area of Calabar. The governor made the donation when he visited the scene of the incident on Monday in company of his deputy, Mr Peter Odey and Mr...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has charged his newly appointed principal officers to live above board and be ready to render quality and selfless service to the people. The governor gave the charge in his office, in Calabar, during an interactive session with his...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has directed that all political appointees should handover to their Permanent Secretary or the most Senior Director/Head of the Ministry, Department or Agency with immediate effect. Governor Otu, who gave the directive in a statement by the Permanent...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Cross River State Governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has directed that all accounts belonging to the state government should be frozen with immediate effect. The governor gave the directive while speaking on Tuesday in Calabar during an interface with members of the press. “I have asked that...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – A coalition of INEC Accredited Observer Groups have said the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the electoral body in the Governorship and State Assembly election in Cross River State performed optimally at 97% accuracy. Dr. Nwambu Gabriel, the Coordinator of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) would dominate the next Cross River House of Assembly having won 19 out of the available 25 seats in the just concluded election. According to the results released on Wednesday in Calabar by the INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Tonia Nwobi,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor-elect, Bassey Otu, has warned that his government will have no place for ethnic champions who according to him, interpret life from the narrow prism of tribal worldview. The governor-elect stated this in his acceptance speech after being declared the winner...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following his victory in last Saturday governorship elections, a renowned father of faith in Nigeria and Spiritual leader of God’s Heritage Nation, Bishop Josef Bassey has congratulated the governor-elect of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, in the just concluded polls. Bishop Bassey described the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Bassey Otu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of last Saturday governorship elections in Cross River State Declaring the result, the state collation officer and Vice chancellor of Federal University of Otueke Bayelsa Teedy Charles, said Senator Bassey...
Senator John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, Bassey Otu has announced suspension of all his political activities forthwith. Senator Otu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, said he was suspending the activities to mourn with the families of...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and supporter’s in Cross River State have threatened a protest vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 if it does not zone the governorship ticket to the South Senatorial District of the state.....