There is jubilation in Cross River as the Government commenced the distribution of palliative to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu in May. Speaking during the flagging off at the Management Development Institute, Mary Slessor, Calabar on Tuesday (Oct. 10), Governor Bassey Otu stated that the exercise has…
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Transparency and Anti-Corruption Campaign in Africa (TACCA) has called on President Tinubu to restraint from appointing Olukayode Olanipekun as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). TACCA made this known in a statement signed by the Country Director of TACCA, Idahosa Osamhanze on Monday (Oct. 9) and made…
The diplomatic fallout between France and the Sahel countries is causing uncertainty and anxiety among students who intend to go to Paris for their studies. Ophélie Ouédraogo, a first-year medical student in Montpellier, was due to leave for France at the start of the new academic year but now she’s stuck due to visa annulation….
Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has assured civil servants of his administration’s commitment to improving their welfare and the working conditions in the workforce as well as clearing the backlog of retirees’ gratuities before the end of the year. Otu, who made the commitment on Wednesday (Oct. 4), during the swearing-in ceremony of Dr…
Goodwill Message From His Excellency, The Governor Of Cross River State – Senator Prince Bassey E. Otu To The People Of The State On The Occasion Of The 63rd Independence Anniversary Of Nigeria, 1st October, 2023. PROTOCOL… My dear compatriots, today we take a retrospective view of and celebrate the arrest, intimidation, incarceration and other…
