By Frank Ulom The Chief Medical Director, CMD of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, has highlighted the institution’s growing capacity to handle complex medical procedures, while also dismissing allegations of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment of house officers. Prof. Ikpeme disclosed this on Friday during a media tour of the…
By Frank Ulom The immediate past Cross River APC Chairman, Alphonsus Ogar Eba Esq., has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. In a letter addressed to the Secretary of the party in Echumofana Ward in Yala Local Government Area, on May 7, 2026, Eba asked for his name to be delisted from the hard copy…
By Frank Ulom Stakeholders from Yala II State Constituency, also known as Ukelle Nation, have opposed the rumoured endorsement of Dr Stella Odey-Ekpo for the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency seat ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement, constituents under the Ukelle Nation said they were rejecting any move to field Odey-Ekpo, citing unresolved grievances…
By Joe Udo The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi and presided over by Justice D.I. Dipeolu has remanded Okoro Blessing Nkiruka (also known as Blessing CEO), a social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, in the Correctional Centre over an alleged N36 million fraud. She was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of…
By Frank Ulom Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, PhD, Chairman of the Cross River State Table Tennis Association, has raised alarm over the growing trend of Cross River athletes leaving the state in search of better opportunities due to poor incentives. Duke said that several promising players have either switched allegiance to other states or abandoned…
By Kingsley Agim The recent outburst by a factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Barr. Venatius Ikem, in criticising the Cross River health sector under Governor Bassey Otu, is not only misleading but also a desperate attempt by a failed opposition to distort facts and divert attention from the…
