By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) who is undergoing trial for sexual harassment in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in the like sum. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also admitted Mr…
By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has called for closer diplomatic ties between Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. The Governor made the call when he played host to the Consuls General of both countries in Calabar on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Speaking when he received the Consul General of the Republic of…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the 2024 Cross River State Assembly Service Commission Amendment Bill for Governor Bassey Otu’s assent into law. The bill which was passed on the 6th of February 2024, aims to make specific amendments to the Assembly Service Commission Law, bringing it in line…
By Our Reporter Hope Waddell Old Boys Association, HWOSA class of 1992 have awarded scholarships to two best overall students of the school in Junior and Senior Secondary categories for 2023/24 session. The scholarship endowment fund according to the association, was their way of promoting excellence and hard work while encouraging students to become more…
By Chris Njoku 243 farmers in Cross River have received the Federal Government’s agricultural inputs and feeds in the ongoing National Poverty Reduction Programme with Growth Strategy (NPRGS). The farmers who were from different value chains in the state were first verified and validated to ensure that those receiving the items were the real farmers…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State Executive Council approves the payment of West African Examination Council, WAEC fees for 16,301 indigenes of public schools in the state. The State Government will be offsetting the payment with N440,127,000 (Four Hundred and Forty Million, One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Naira) being for students writing the Senior…
By Mo Isa Despite the arrest of 25 persons in the previous protest, residents of Niger State have taken to the streets again on Wednesday, 7 February 2024, to protest the high cost of living in Nigeria. Recall that the last protest was in Mina, the state capital, two days ago. However, today’s protest happened…
By Mo Isa The current hardship in Nigeria has made some market women in Ogun State to call for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu. The market women who lamented the incessant hike in prices of goods and services also threatened to beat up the President if they see him one-on-one. According to SaharaReporters, the…
By Frank Ulom Barely one month after Cross River recorded Lassa Fever outbreak, the state has recorded another deadly disease, cholera. According to a statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, on Friday, one case involving a child was confirmed in Akpabuyo Local Government Area in the south. “A child with watery…
By Richard Inoyo Since the beginning of that public discourse, Citizens’ Solution Network decided not to comment on the issues knowing clearly that we live in a country where critical thinking is too often uninvited and underutilised in national deliberation. Today, I have decided to sum up our positions in the following manner: 1. How…
