The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigerians will never forgive former President Olusegun Obasanjo for ceding part of Cross River State to Cameroun. Oshiomhole who was speaking during the Presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Wednesday, urged residents not to
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Many feared dead after tanker blast in Cross River
Nigerian police on Saturday said many people were feared dead after a petrol tanker veered off the road, caught fire and exploded as people tried to recover fuel. The vehicle crashed in the Odukpani area of the southeastern state of Cross River, just north of the state capital, Calabar, at about 5pm (1600 GMT) on […]
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INEC to train over 1 million personnel for 2019 polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will train over one million electoral staff and ad-hoc personnel for the conduct of the 2019 general elections. Chairman, Board of Electoral Institute (BEI), Mr Solomon Soyebi, made the disclosure on Monday in Calabar. He stated this during a training workshop for State Training Officers and Assistant State […]
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Liyel Imoke Confident PDP Will Win Elections In Cross River
Former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, says he is confident that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the state’s governorship election holding in February. According to Imoke, from inception the state has remained a PDP state and the party will ensure that it remains in power. The
Father strangles 4 children, commits suicide in Rivers
Tony John, Port Harcourt A 35-year-old man, identified as Achibong Patrick, has strangled his four children and killed himself in Rivers State. The incident occurred, on Tuesday, in Alesa community, in Eleme Local Government Area of the state around 1:00a.m. According to information gathered, Patrick, who hailed from Ogoja in Cross River State, after he […]
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Why my focus is on industrialisation ― Ayade
CROSS River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has explained why his administration’s focus is on industrialisation. Speaking while taking delivery of additional new containers of equipment at the state’s industrial city, yesterday, in Calabar, Governor […]
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WAD: Taraba takes campaign to remote communities
Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo As part of activities to mark this year’s World AIDS Day (WAD), the Taraba AIDS Control Agency (TACA), has embarked on free HIV/AIDS testing and counselling in the most remotest parts of the state to curb the high prevalence of the menace in the state. Taraba State currently ranks second in terms […]
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Again, communal clash claims 8 in C’ River communities, many wounded
Judex Okoro, Calabar Again, tragedy has hit Bisae Local government, as eight persons have been reportedly killed in a communal clash between Abanwan and Orugbam in Cross River State. The two warring communities have been at daggers drawn over the struggle for a parcel of land. However, the latest war allegedly broke out following squabbles between […]
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Ayade’s aide, Akpana collapses, rushed to hospital
There was pandemonium am An aide to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Benedicta Akpana, yesterday collapsed and was rushed to a private hospital in Abuja Akpana, an Executive Protocol Officer to Ayade, was said to have collapsed at her apartment at about 2.15pm and was rushed semi-unconscious to a private hospital in Zone […] …
Ohanaeze C’River holds first cultural day, honours Ayade, others
Judex Okoro, Calabar The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Igbo socio-cultural Assembly, Cross River State chapter, has concluded plans to hold its first cultural Day as well honour Governor Ben Ayade. The event, which also marks the 28th years anniversary of Eze, Sir. E.A. Ezenwenyi as Igbo leader in state will have prominent Igbo sons and daughters from […]
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