Cross Rivers
20 Nov
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the party, Barr. Venatius Ikem, is null and void. The NWC declared that the suspension is of no effect because it is not consistent with provisions of the Constitution…
15 Oct
Mpox has spread to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), affecting 63 local government areas in Nigeria
12 Oct
About 1000 aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State have indicated interest to contest the forthcoming local government council election slated for November 2, 2024. Our correspondent gathered that the aspirants have been thronging the state party secretariat along Murtala Mohammed Highway, Calabar. Inside sources disclosed that the…
31 Aug
Sen. Williams Eteng has distributed fertilisers to 3000 farmers in Cross River State to boost their yield in the farming season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Eteng, who represented Cross River Central in the 10th assembly, flagged off the distribution in the administrative headquarters of the senatorial district on Saturday. Eteng said…
14 Aug
Palpable fear now pervades schools in Cross River State as the new chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rev Esu
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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Members of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Kaduna State Chapter, have faulted the decision by Governor Uba Sani to grant amnesty to repentant
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Spanish champions Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 to move second in La Liga on Sunday, with Kylian Mbappe finding the net. The French striker has been criticised in recent weeks for his form but after Jude Bellingham opened the scoring from the penalty spot, Mbappe slotted home a well-taken second. Later, Mbappe wasted three other…
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Fiorentina's Serie A match with Inter Milan was stopped on Sunday after midfielder Edoardo Bove suddenly collapsed to the ground. Bove was rushed away in an ambulance as players and fans looked on in horror following his sudden fall with 16 minutes on the clock. Sky Sport report that the 22-year-old, on loan at Fiorentina…
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it has successfully repelled a terrorist attack on the Jakana Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State, leaving several of the assailants with varying degrees of bullet wounds. The force's spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Adejobi said the attack took place around 1:00 a.m.…
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The Female Elite Corps of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has inaugurated an extensive sensitisation campaign
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The Oyo State Government has approved the conversion of 551 serving officers into various desired sub-officer and officer cadres in the civil and public service of the state. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Chief Kamoru Abiodun Aderibigbe, made the disclosure in Ibadan. Aderibigbe explained that the government settled for the 551 officers,…
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The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Sunday, appealed to the people of northern Nigeria to see President Tinubu's tax reforms as a crucial step to turnaround revenue generation in Nigeria and the economy generally. The National President of the group, Olalekan Hammed, made the call in a chat with The Guardian in Ibadan, the…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its officials were not the men captured in a viral video destroying bags of sachet water being transported by a truck in Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, had fingered NAFDAC as responsible for the action…
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Scott McTominay made sure that Napoli will stay top of Serie A for at least another week with the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win at Torino while challengers Lazio fell to a 3-1 defeat at Parma. Napoli are provisionally four points ahead of the chasing pack thanks to McTominay's neat finish in the 31st…