PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The immediate past State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Cross River State, Pastor Bassey Ita has declared his intention to run for the position of Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party in the South South geopolitical zone. Bassey Ita, who had served...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President Mohammadu Buhari has commended the Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade for his investments in rice production. President Buhari gave the commendation on Tuesday while bestowing on Governor Ayade, an Excellent Award in recognition of his government’s effort in that regard. Governor Ayade received...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has sworn in a journalist, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji as the state’s new Head of Service. He is the first journalist to be so appointed. Akwaji, who is the first journalist to be appointed as the head of service, was...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade on Friday signed the state’s 2022 appropriation bill into law. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, Governor Ayade said the N354.55bn budget will ensure the take-off of...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The member representing Etung and Obubra Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Mike Etaba, has empowered the people of his constituency with 150 Motor-Bikes, 31 Mini-buses, two Siena buses, sewing machines, fertilisers and mechanised farming equipment. Hon. Etaba said on Monday that...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In the spirit of national unity, Governors Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Muhammad Badru Abubakar of Jigawa State on Saturday paid their Cross River State counterpart, Professor Ben Ayade a Christmas visit. Also on the entourage of the governors was former Jigawa Governor, Seminu Turaki....
EFFIONG BASSEY, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has suspended the 14-month-old curfew in the state. The governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr Linus Obogo, announced the suspension of the curfew in a statement issued on Saturday. The curfew was imposed in October 2020, following the massive...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has said the state government has shelved plans to privatize the over thirty industries built by his administration. Governor Ayade disclosed this on Thursday during his end of year interaction with the media in the state. Some of the...
Gov. Ben Ayade declared on Thursday in Calabar that he would not privatise any of the 34 Cross River-owned companies in recognition of the choice of the people. Ayade told newsmen that while privatising the companies was the right thing to do, it was not politically correct. Few weeks...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has begun moves to make its examinations compulsory in schools across the 36 states of the federation. The council, in a statement by its Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani, said it has secured the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Despite its installed capacity of 240000 birds per day, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has said the state owned chicken processing factory, Calachika, has been hit by soaring demands ahead of Christmas celebration. Governor Ayade made this known during the weekend while conducting the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar -: Cross River State Commissioner for Rural Transformation Okokon Effiom has instituted the “Madam Beatrice Akinsheye Ayade Foundation for Best Journalists in the state. The award which is exclusively made for Correspondent Chapel members will commence on January 2022. In an interactive session with the Executive...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Government on Tuesday flagged off the state’s Health Insurance Scheme in a bid to enhance adequate access to health care facilities in the state. The official flag off was done by the wife of the governor, Linda Ayade who appreciated all...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar has hinted that the Ayade-led administration inherited a whopping sum of 400 billion naira debt from his predecessors. Mr. Oga disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Calabar...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cletus Obun a former lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) has blamed the Cross River State Ministry of Health for criminal negligence over the plight of his wife who was allegedly suffering from Covid-19 . Obun, said his wife who tested positive...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Cross River State’s youths have endorsed Senator Gershom Bassey as the next governor of the state. They also resolved that 2023 is the turn of Cross River South Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – THE Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that a total of 1147 communities across the country will benefit from special intervention projects under the School Base Management Committee (SBMC). He made this disclosure during the National flag...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Linda Ayade, Wife of Governor Ben Ayade on Monday said the state government is targeting no less than nine hundred children across the 18 local government Area’s for the second phase of vaccination against Poliomyelitis. The First Lady said this in Calabar during the official...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented over the death of the Second Republic Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, describing his death as a monumental loss to Cross River State in particular and Nigeria as a whole. Dr Wayas died in the early hours...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Chief Chris Agara has expressed his readiness to finance an aggressive membership registration of the party as well as INEC registration in the state. Chief Agara who was speaking when the recently elected...