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Cross River governor swears in members of state Judicial Service Commission
Cross River Government on Monday sworn-in members of the State Judicial Service Commission.
Calabar carnival: Cross River governor calls for end to wars
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has called on nations of the world to end wars and crisis and embrace peace.
Science, tech inefficiency hampering Africa’s growth – Cross River deputy governor
The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ivara Ejemut Esu, has disclosed that Africa’s industrial growth is being hampered by poor science and technological innovations.
Cross River: Communal crisis impeding our development – governor
The Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has deplored the upsurge in communal crisis in the state, stressing that this menace has been impeding the development.
NGF: Special agric zones to attract $4 billion investments
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting between one to four billion dollars investments into the country.
Meningitis: 26.7 million kids at risk in Nigeria – agency
About 26.7million Nigerian children between one and seven years of age are currently facing the risk of contracting meningitis, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) warned on Friday.
Kidnapped UCTH doctor regains freedom
A Consultant Haematologist at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr Marcus Inyama, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Akpabuyo on Thursday, 18 July, has been rescued by security agents.
Nigerian Navy: Weak civil-military relations jeopardizes military operations
The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Rear Admiral David Adeniran, has said weak civil-military relations jeopardizes and complicates military operations.
NMA: 14 doctors, dependents kidnapped in 4 years in Cross River
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said that eight doctors and six dependents have been kidnapped in Cross River in the last four years.
UN pledges full support to Cross River industrialization drive
The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) members on Thursday were in Calabar, the state capital of Cross River State holding a retreat on Management Accountability Framework, a foundation piece of the UN reforms process to engage with government and help facilitate the achievement the State’s giant industrialization drive.
Governor Ayade: Why I’ll no longer appoint older people into my cabinet
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that he will no longer appoint people older than him into serious positions of responsibility in his government.
Governor Fayemi: NGF to make stand on state police known soon
Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said state executives will make their stand on state police known soon.
PDP chieftains kick as Governor Ayade travels abroad
Barely a week after inauguration of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, for a second term in office, he has again travelled out of the country, fuelling speculation that he has abandoned the state.
Governor Ayade seeks compensation for loss of Bakassi peninsula, 76 oil wells
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has called on the Federal Government to adequately compensate the state for the loss of 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom and ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in 2002.
Governor Ayade, 25 assembly members-elect get certificates of return
Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, his deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu, and all the 25 elected members of the State House of Assembly, got their Certificates of Return (CoR) from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the state office of the commission in Calabar.
INEC: 26 political parties to contest Cross River governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 26 political parties will participate in Saturday’s governorship election in Cross River state.
NBA shuts down Cross River courts as lawyers protest Justice Onoghen’s suspension
The protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has continued to rock Cross River as over 300 members of NBA took to the streets to register their grievances.
Cross River government invites presidential candidates to Calabar Carnival
Cross River government invites all presidential candidates of political parties for 2019 general elections to take a week-long vacation from campaigns and participate in 2018 Calabar Carnival
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Federal government to establish College of Education for physically challenged in Nasarawa
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US to review relationship with Nigeria over Omoyele Sowore
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