Cross River State government has promised tourists and fun seekers 32 days of fun-filled activities with the infusion of innovations to the 2023 Carnival Calabar International Festival beginning in December.

Abductors of a fish seller in Cross River State have demanded N5 million ransom for her release. The Guardian gathered that the victim, Mrs Rosemary Ofem, was kidnapped on September 26, alongside others in a boat along Ikang, in Bakassi Local Local Council on her way to buy fish for sale. According to a family member,…

9mobile has said it will partner the Cross River State government in building a data centre in the state to provide various solutions, particularly to better the security and digitalize government.

Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the four communities in Yala Local Government Area following a recent communal clash. The affected areas are the Ugaga, Igbekurekor, Benekaba, and Ijama communities. The clashes, which have reportedly left seven people dead and scores injured, are believed to be rooted in land…

Cross River State government has attracted $15m private sector investment into the Ayip Eku Oil Palm Estate with potential multiple effects on employment and growth of the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The police command in Cross River has dispelled a rumour of disappearance of some men’s private parts in Calabar.

The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has allocated 100,000 hectares of land for cassava production and other agricultural programmes in the state. The governor disclosed this during a Cassava Value Chain Stakeholders’ Workshop organised by the National Agriculture Growth Scheme and Agropocket (NAGS-AP) in Calabar, the state capital. Represented by the Commissioner for…

Members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday marched to the Cross River House of Assembly on a peaceful protest against the kidnap of a member, Dr Ekanem Ephraim. The doctors, who came out in their numbers, wielded placards with inscriptions such as “Set Cross River Free From The Stranglehold of Kidnappers”, “Make Cross…

Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alledged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.

The police have recovered three bodies of medical students involved in a boat mishap at the Marina Resort, on Saturday, in Calabar.

The eight years of former governor Ben Ayade is seen by many as years of colossal waste, drift, no governance, despondency and misadventure through so many phantom projects and wrong policies.

Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has enjoined Nigerians and people of the state to do more to preserve democracy for the sake of posterity.