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Lagos State emerged winners of the 2024 Nigerian Secondary School Flag Football League (NSSFF) competition, tagged “Aketi Bowl,” held at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, on Thursday. In the keenly contested finals held at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, on Thursday, in the male category, Lagos State defeated the defending champions, Akwa Ibom State, by…
13 Jan
A report by the SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence, a research firm, has listed Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Lagos, Calabar, Jos, and other areas as the most dangerous spots for security incidents in the country. The other listed areas were Kano, Onitsha, Eleme Junction in Rivers, and Eleme-Owerri Road, between Rivers and Imo. The report, titled "Roads…
9 Jan
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has signed into law two bills establishing a University of Education and Entrepreneurship in Akamkpa and College of Agriculture in Obubra. The laws titled, “Cross River University of Education and Entrepreneurship Law 2024 and Cross River College of Agriculture Law 2024,” were signed during the State Executive Council meeting…
5 Jan
Amidst Nigeria’s economic struggles, Calabar’s streets come alive with nearly two million revellers in stunning attire, celebrating one of West Africa’s biggest street carnivals. Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, last weekend as giant speakers blasted Afrobeats for one of West Africa’s most prestigious carnivals. Every December,…
28 Dec
The Cross River State governor Senator Bassey Otu says everyone has to be carried along in the economic, social, and cultural prosperity in the world. Otu made the call during the flagged off of the 2024 Carnival Calabar which has the theme "Our Shared Prosperity". According to the governor, "This year's theme is Our Shared…
25 Dec
Some commercial transport operators in Cross River have identified bad roads and multiple security checkpoints as challenges to smooth traveling during the Christmas. Mr. Bernard Akim, a commercial transporter told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar that the roads were deplorable. Akim who operates along the Calabar-Akamkpa corridor, said that the roads connecting…
11 Dec
Some residents of Calabar have raised alarm over their inability to access cash from banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) stands in the city. The residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday said that having access to cash had become more difficult in the past week NAN reports…
2 Dec
Some residents of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, have described the state of federal roads in the two states as deplorable and dangerous. The residents who spoke in a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), also described the state of the roads as unfair and unacceptable. Mr. Adams Anekan, a Commercial Bus Driver…
31 Oct
Concerned about colleague safety, Bolt drivers in Calabar, Cross River State, have called on Bolt to create an app feature that verifies rider identity during ride booking. The demand was made on Wednesday in Calabar during a driver-led safety summit organised by Bolt with the theme, “Driving the Wheels of Safety—Securing the Future of Ride-Hailing.”…
25 Oct
Doctors at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) have cried out over the sum of N200,000 they were told to pay as maintenance levy. UCTH recently charged doctors the fee for the maintenance of accommodation at its House Officers’ Quarters. UCTH confirmed the fee in a statement dated October 14, 2024, with the management…
18 Sep
Hundreds of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including the entire party structure in Calabar Municipal have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving the detectors, Monday, the state Secretary of the All ProgressivesCongress APC, Chief Patrick Asikpo Okon said Governor Bassey Otu's style of leadership endeared opposition members to the ruling party.…
1 Aug
The people of Cross River State, particularly residents of Calabar, the state capital, shunned the national protest against bad governance that started Thursday nationwide. Though major markets, stores and artisan shops in Calabar Municipal, Calabar South local council area, and other commercial towns in the state did not open for business early as usual, traders…
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