By Magnus Effiong The Paramount Ruler of Etung local government area of Cross River State, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Dr. Emmanuel Oru-Ojong, has appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to intervene in the incarceration of Dr. Oscar Ofuka, former Special Adviser on Cocoa Development and Control in former governor Ben Ayade’s administration. Some powerful officials of…
Ntue-Atue (Dr) Emmanuel Oru Ojong, Paramount Ruler of Etung Local Government Area, has written Governor Bassey Otu over the alleged detention of former Governor Ben Ayade’s SA on Cocoa Allocation, Dr Oscar Ofuka. The letter titled “My Reaction To The Alleged Illegal Arrest and Detention of Dr Oscar Ofuka, Former Aide To Governor Ben Ayade”…
Cross River State Government has flagged off the livelihood component of the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme with distribution of boats to fishermen and riverine communities of the state. Governor Bassey Otu, while presenting the items to beneficiaries on Thursday at Calabar Municipality headquarters, described the event as another milestone in his…
Lawmakers in the Federal House of Representatives have passed a resolution to slash their salaries by fifty per cent for six months to provide succour for Nigerians and avert a planned nationwide protest over economic hardship. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu moved the motion at the plenary on Tuesday during a debate on the need to…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has summoned a meeting involving key stakeholders of the party over the suspension of Governor Bassey Otu’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Helen Isamoh. In a press release signed by Hon Emmanuel Edem Inyang, State Publicity Secretary…
The Organised Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have given reasons why they accepted ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage. This is coming in after much deliberations between the unions and the Federal Government. Reacting on Thursday on why they accepted the ₦70,000 as against the ₦250,000…
