Estimated Reading Time: 1The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has sacked Mr Stephen Odey, Senator representing Cross River North. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return it issued to Odeh. On Friday, the court upheld the decision of the Abuja[Read More…]
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Only 9,261 residents in Cross River state have enrolled for Online Voter Pre-Registration
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has concluded arrangements to begin the physical registration of voters in the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Emmanuel Hart, said that 9,261 Cross River residents have enrolled in the online voter[Read More…]
APC in Cross River state has ordered 3 million bunches of brooms
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has placed an order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new entrants into the party. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Bassey Ita, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen[Read More…]
Second round of COVID-19 vaccinations begins In Cross River
Estimated Reading Time: 1Frontline health workers and critical leaders, who took the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccines, have started receiving the second doses in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. The Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu flagged off the second round of the exercise at one of[Read More…]
Civil servants protest unpaid salary in Calabar
Estimated Reading Time: 1Civil servants employed by the Cross River State Government in 2017 and 2018 are staging a protest in Calabar, the Cross River state capital over unpaid salaries. The protesters who have been gathering every day since Tuesday, 25th May 2021 in front of the Governor’s office say[Read More…]
Cross River to deploy drones to deliver medical supplies to rural communities
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Cross River State Government has announced that it will begin the use of drones to deliver medical supplies in hard to reach areas in the state, this is as the government has signed an MOU with Zipline technology, a drone manufacturing company to do that regards.[Read More…]
Workers Day: Cross River State have not paid gratuity since 2014 – Organised labour
Estimated Reading Time: 2The organised labour in Cross River State, today shunned the celebration of the 2021 Workers Day, saying there is nothing to celebrate as civil servants in the state live in fear of their lives and those who have retired since 2014 have not been paid their gratuity.[Read More…]
Cally Air: 2nd Boeing 737 aircraft for Cross River State airline arrives
Estimated Reading Time: 1Cross River State governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has taken delivery of yet another Boeing 737 aircraft at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos for the state’s commercial airline, Cally Air. The arrival of the second aircraft is coming barely three weeks after the first one was received[Read More…]
Governor Ben Ayade assures that the construction work on the Obudu Airport would be ready within the stipulated time
Estimated Reading Time: 2Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has given assurance that the construction work on the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport would be ready within the stipulated time. Mr Ayade, who gave the assurance while inspecting the project on Sunday at Obudu, however, did not state the exact[Read More…]
Magistrates block Ayade’s office over unpaid salaries
Estimated Reading Time: 1Magistrates in protest today, blocked Governor Benedict Ayade’s office, over the non-payment of their 26 months salary arrears. Spokesman of the protesting magistrates, Solomon Abuo, said, “In January 2021, when we met with the governor, his deputy and attorney general of the state over our plight, he[Read More…]
