Governor Bassey Otu By Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has announced the appointment of the Paramount Ruler of Abi local government area, His Royal Majesty, Oval (Elder) Solomon Osim Edward, as the new chairman of the Cross River State Council of Chiefs. A press statement, signed on Friday by the…
Niger’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer, Orano, at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said on Thursday. The decision has highlighted tensions between the junta, which came to power in a coup in July last year, and the former colonial power, France. The military seized…
Ntufam Mba Ukweni SAN, a Calabar-based human rights lawyer, has reacted over what he described as intimidation and denial of fundamental rights of his clients by the Government of Cross River State who after receipt of money from his clients and leased out 1,415 hectares of cocoa through the office of the State Attorney General…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Disturbed by the un-wholesome practices of artisannal and industrial miners, the Cross River state government has shut down all mining sites, quarries and wood logging in the state. This directive as contained in a statement dated June 20, 2024 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof….
33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) created by late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu have been scrapped. The 33 LCDAs were scrapped on Thursday by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. The court declared the creation as unconstitutional and illegal. According to the presiding Judge, Justice A.O Adebusuoye, the LCDAs were not lawfully created. READ…
