By Our Reporter US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on China to refrain from cooperating with Russia and assisting it in its war against Ukraine and warned that Washington could increase sanctions against Beijing during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, NBC News reported. “Russia would struggle to sustain its assault on Ukraine…
By Chris Thompson The first F-16 aircraft will begin to arrive in Ukraine this year. The aircraft will arrive alongside trained pilots and maintenance personnel. The head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin stated this before the start of the meeting in the Ramstein format (Ukraine Defense Contact Group). According to Austin, over the past two…
By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has appointed 15 persons into the Cross River State Civil Service Commission, House of Assembly Service Commission and State Planning Commission. The Governor through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nsa Gill, on Thursday, 25th April 2024, approved the appointment of five persons into the State…
By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has appointed 16 into the Governing Council of the Cross River State College of Nursing Sciences in Ogoja and Itigidi. According to a press release signed by Comrade Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Thursday, 25th April, eight persons were appointed into the Governing Council of…
By Frank Ulom Thirty-one (31) Commissioners in Cross River State are smiling home today, 24th April 2024, as Governor Bassey Otu presented them with 31 SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles). The vehicles made are Renault and models are Koleos – Renault Koleos. Presenting the vehicles today, Wednesday, 24th April 2024, at the Government House premises, Calabar,…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has urged the Cross River State Government to revoke and halt the sale of Government Quarters and Estates in Ogoja Local Government, which were built to improve the working conditions of state government employees. Hon. Thomas Aruku, member of the Ogoja State Constituency who brought…
…says quality of job satisfactory By Daniel Bebia The Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Commerce, Industry, Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Privatisation has commended the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu for the foresight to continue with some projects initiated by the previous administration. Giving the commendation, while on oversight function to the…
By Daniel Bebia Cross River State Government has assured communities within the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport of conscious efforts to address the issues bothering on compensation. The Commissioner for Aviation, Capt. Eno Utum Inah retd, gave the assurances during the House of Assembly Committee on Commerce, Industry, Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Privatisation…
By Our Reporter The leadership of the Emerging Leaders Forum of Nigeria (ELFON), ably led by Amb. Godstime Chukwubuikem Samuel has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing the Adamawa state coordinator of ELFON as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Syria. Godstime and other ELFON officers while addressing the Press in Abuja noted that President Tinubu is…
By Mo Isa During an interactive session with media executives on Tuesday, Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), disclosed that a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, allegedly moved a sum of $720,000 from the state’s treasury a few days before leaving office in January. Olukoyede revealed that…
