The Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has fixed 26th September 2024, for ruling on an interlocutory application filed by claimants in the renewed Obong of Calabar tussle. Recall that court had fixed 26th June 2024, to rule on the claimants’ interlocutory application but subsequently shifted the date to Tuesday, 25th June 2024….
To enhance accountability and encourage our lawmakers to do more, three weeks ago, we embarked on a review of the one-year performances of national assembly members from Cross River State. The legislators clocked one year in office on the 13th of June, 2024. The review team evaluated the lawmakers based on four key metrics: Motions,…
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Commissioner of Police (CP), Cross River State Command, Mr. Gyogon Augustine Grimah, has expressed the readiness of the Police to collaborate with the media in maintaining a safe environment in the state. This statement came on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the new State Executive Council of the Nigeria…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has relaxed measures on its recent order shutting down wood logging activities in the state. The Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, had on June 20 in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Owan Enoh suspended further logging activities in the state…
I had hoped to avoid revisiting the minimum wage issue but the government’s persistent antics and labour leaders’ disappointing gullibility have forced me to speak out again. As I previously argued in my articles, labour leaders made a grave mistake by suspending the industrial action without achieving any concrete gains. They succumbed to government manipulation,…
ND & HND NURSING PROGRAMMES FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION ADMISSION IN PROGRESS! PURCHASE OF FORMS FOR POST-UTME SCREENING This is to inform all prospective candidates for admission into Cross River State College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, Itigidi, that forms for Post UTME screening are available at the College Registry on payment of non-refundable fee…
By Carolyn Ugbor In a significant move to bolster the tourism sector and make ecotourism thrive in Cross River State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts And Culture, Chief Ewa Robert Abubakar and his management team have held an inaugural meeting with the Technical Committee for Eco-tourism Project. The meeting which was organised at the instance of…
OPINION By Rotimi Adesina There is a palpable anxiety in the banking industry over delays by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve issuance of new securities by the banks. In the last three months, over 15 banks have filed applications with SEC to issue new shares by way of right issues and public…
In the past week climate activists targeted two very different venues to send their message of doom, disrupting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut and vandalising the Stonehenge monument at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Their defacement of Stonehenge could be considered relatively successful because no one was able to stop them. It’s…
A Georgia judge, Christina Peterson, has been removed from the bench after she was apparently caught on camera hitting a police officer. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Peterson has broken multiple Code of Judicial Conduct policies since taking office. “We agree that removal is warranted here. The Hearing Panel found that the (JQC) Director…
