Cross River News

Cross River governor dethrones traditional ruler for dabbling into politics

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of recognition of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, Prof. Itam Hogan Itam, for dabbling in partisan politics. The order was contained in a letter addressed to the embattled paramount ruler dated 11th May 2022 and signed by

Read More
Cross River News

Traders, seafarers, marine workers in Bakassi blocked from entering Cameroon

Traders, seafarers and marine workers who ply the Bakassi waters for their livelihoods have allegedly been blocked from entering Cameroon since last week. Before the blockade, both Nigerians and other nationals regularly move palm oil, petroleum products, bags of rice effortlessly in and out of Cameroon using illegal means and routes. ALSO READ: DG, NIMASA

Read More
Cross River News

Dog eats herbalist’s private part in Calabar

…Dies Before Getting to Hospital The yuletide season turned tragic  for a 60-year-old herbalist in Calabar, named Ani Ikoneto, who had his private parts bitten off and eaten by his dog. The man, who lives at 12, Jebbs Street in Calabar South, according to neighbours, went on a drinking spree on Christmas Eve and returned

Read More
Cross River News

Cross River Governor suspends 2021 Calabar carnival

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 edition of the Calabar Carnival. The Governor explained that the health concerns arising from the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the prevailing security situation, are his reasons for the suspension. He made the announcement on Monday at the State Executive

Read More
Cross River News

Cross River: Ex-militants block Governor Ayade’s office, demand payment of 3 years allowance

In the early hours of Monday, October 25, 2021, former members of the Bakassi Strike Force, BSF numbering about 150, blocked the entrance to the Cross River State Governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it signed with them since 2018. The agitators who

Read More
Cross River News Politics

[BREAKING] Finally, Governor Ayade decamps to APC

By Ebi Perekeme  Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade announced his decision on Thursday morning during a meeting with six APC governors at the Government House in Calabar. The governors were led by the national caretaker chairman of the APC and

Read More
Cross River News

Gunmen kill policeman, kidnap 4 foreign workers in Cross River

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday, shot a policeman attached to a construction company, Danatrite Construction Company in Oban, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, to death. The gunmen also kidnapped four foreigners working in the company. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident, which happened in the early

Read More
Cross River News

PDP wins 18LGAs chairmanships, 196 counselorships in C’River

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 2020 Local Government election in the 18 councils and 196 electoral wards of Cross River. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the election, held on May 30 in all council areas of the state, was contested by the All Progressive Congress (APC); Labour Party (LP);

Read More
Cross River News

C’River: Medical experts raise concern over COVID-19 deaths

By James Edet Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River branch has raised concerns over recent possible coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in the state, demanding that the state government puts more effort in scaling up the level of preparedness and containment of the deadly virus. The group stated that it had received several reports from the Surveillance

Read More
Cross River News

As NCDC finally confirms no COVID-19 case in Cross River

By Solomon Asha Today, I feel like a monarch, I feel like an Eagle soaring so high above other birds of the air. I feel elated and satisfied that today the visiting officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to Calabar officially confirmed that Cross River State has no case of COVID-19. They

Read More
Cross River News

Ayade to quarantine residents in streets without nose cover

Following the proliferation of new coronavirus cases in neighboring states, Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has imposed new restrictions on residents. These are: No citizen or resident of the state will be allowed to leave home without a face mask from Friday. Failure to adhere to this directive will lead to the arrest and

Read More
Cross River News Politics

Ayade cautions his appointees against making statement without his autorisation 

The governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade has warned his newly appointed commissioners and other political appointees to desist from making public and policy statements on social media. The directive was given on Sunday, Jan. 4, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita, who stated it in a statement.

Read More
Cross River News

Ayade gives a nod to review NDDC’s master plan in N’Delta

By Brakere Birinimighan The Cross River State Governor, Prof Benedict Ayade has welcomed plans of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to review the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan and pledged to support the process. Prof Ayade spoke at the Government House, Calabar, during a courtesy visit by the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof

Read More
Cross River News

Ogoja at the mercy of Cameroonian refugees 

By Shina Badmus The refugee camp in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State which was initially established for four thousand refugees, have been overflooded with no fewer than ten thousand refugees with most of them from Cameroon. GbaramatuVoice gathered that members of a socio-cultural organisation, National Association of Sea Dogs that visited the camp

Read More
Cross River News

Navy seizes 130,000 litres of illegally refined diesel, arrests seven

Men of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Calabar, Cross River State, have seized a large wooden boat with about 130 litres of suspected illegally refined Automative Gas Oil (AGO) commonly known as diesel. Also arrested along with the items were seven suspects. Addressing reporters while handing over the items and suspects to the

Read More
Cross River Politics

Cross River youths protest Rep’s fifth term bid

Hundreds of youths from the Calabar-South, Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River on Tuesday stormed the state House of Assembly to protest the re-election bid of member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Essien Ayi, in the 2019 general election. Ayi, who represents Calabar-South/Bakassi/Akpabuyo federal constituency in the National Assembly, was first

Read More
Cross River News

Cross River partners poultry firm on school feeding programme

Cross River Government says it is partnering Akwa Prime Hatchery and Poultry Limited to establish farms in five locations for the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP). Mr Gabriel Okulaja, the Special Adviser to the Governor on HGSFP and State Desk Officer, disclosed this in Calabar on Monday, while giving an update on the implementation

Read More
Cross River News Religion

Church’s N5,000 ‘deliverance fee’ stirs controversy

A receipt has surfaced online which indicates a man paid N5,000 to purchase ‘deliverance’ at a church in Calabar, southern Nigeria. The fee was reportedly paid to The God’s Spirit Touch Church International, a.k.a.: Chosen Chapel, on September 7. Details of when the photo was first uploaded on the Internet and by who were unclear

Read More
Cross River News Politics

NDDC Commissions 3 New Roads in Cross River State

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned three new roads in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The connecting streets, with concrete drainage, are Twins Street, Asuquo Ekpo and Asuquo Nyong Street. Addressing members of the benefiting communities during the commissioning ceremony, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, said that

Read More
Breaking News Cross River News

JTF Commander, other officers escape death as Jetty collapse aborts operation

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta was forced to abort an operational patrol led by the commander, following the collapse of the Ikang River jetty in Calabar on Tuesday, a statement said. The JTF Spokesman, Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi, said in the statement issued in Yenagoa on Wednesday that Rear Admiral Suleman Apochi,

Read More
Cross River National

Osinbajo’s Visits To Niger Delta, Reaffirms FG’s Commitment To Region – Ndoma-Egba

The Chairman of the Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the frequent visits of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the Niger Delta reaffirms the current administration’s commitment the region. Ndoma-Egba said this in a statement signed by Special Assistant Communication, Office of the Chairman, Clara Braide,

Read More
Cross River News

War in Calabar: Navy used GPMG to destroy Calabar police station

Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital. Trouble started earlier on Tuesday when an unidentified naval rating was shot in the left shoulder

Read More
Cross River National News

FED GOVT COMMISSIONS MONITORING SYSTEM TO CHECK CRUDE OIL THEFT, PIRACY

The Federal Government has commissioned a project to check crude oil theft, illegal transfer at sea and piracy. The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, while commissioning the project called Nigerian Security Element Project 2 (NICEP) yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State said: “It is an attestation that the Federal Government is determined to

Read More