•Some prison inmates In a bid to alleviate overcrowding in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, four state governors have granted pardons to over 120 inmates across various prisons in their states in the last three months. The pardon is part of ongoing efforts to reduce congestion in the nation’s correctional system, reports Sunday PUNCH. Govern...
•Governor Umo Eno Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has reaffirmed that the state has no dispute with Cross River State over the ownership of 76 oil wells. Speaking today during the monthly prayer meeting at the Government House Chapel, he stated that the Supreme Court had twice ruled in favour of Akwa Ibom, […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the take-off of the new Cross River State University of Education and Entrepreneurship as the 67th state university in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, presented a letter of recognition for the university to the State Governor, Prince Bass...
•Governor Bassey Otu No fewer than 45 prisoners have regained their freedom through Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River’s exercise of his prerogative of mercy. The inmates who regained their freedom convicted for various offenses and have spent considerable period in the Correctional center in the state, reports NAN. In a statement by his...
•Governor Bassey Otu To foster full participation in its flagship tourism event, Carnival Calabar, the Cross River State Government has declared today, Friday, December 27, and Tuesday, December 31, 2024, as work-free days for civil and public servants. The announcement aligns with the state’s policy of promoting active involvement in the glob...
•Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu No fewer than 33,955 applicants have applied to fill the advertised 2,208 job vacancies in the Cross River State civil service. In a document obtained by our correspondent, the state Civil Service Commission shortlisted 956 from the total number of applicants, reports NAN. The document dated November 19, ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship positions in the local government elections conducted in Nasarawa State and Cross River State on Saturday. In Nasarawa, the ruling party was declared winner of the chairmanship poll in all the 13 local governments of the state, reports Channels TV. The chairman of the Nasarawa [&...
Residents of the Akamkpa area of Cross River State were seen scooping fuel from a fallen tanker on the roadside. This was disclosed in a statement and video shared on X.com by The Cable today. The statement reads, “TRENDING VIDEO: Residents scoop fuel from a fallen tanker in Akamkpa, Cross River” In the video, the […]
•Mpox The Mpox situation report obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said Mpox has spread to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory across 63 local government areas in the country. According to the report, 94 confirmed cases have been reported out of the 1,297 suspected cases recorded so far from […]...
•Governor Bassey Otu The Cross River State Government has uncovered a total of two thousand ghost pensioners on its payroll, according to a statement from the Government House. It was gathered that the pension thieves have contributed to the delays in paying the accumulated backlogs of gratuities from 2014 to 2024, reports The Nation. Recall [...
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