Governor Bassey Otu has appointed Dr Godwin Iyala as the Director General of the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme. The Governor also appointed five others into the State Health Insurance Scheme. According to a press release signed by Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Monday, 8th July 2024, Otu appointed Jude…
By Anietie Akpan An initiative of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate into the society, young girls who are in correctional centres across the country, has been received with great enthusiasm by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. This is made known in a statement by the NFF following a…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has appointed 55 more Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants. In a press release signed by Mr Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Monday, 8th July 2024, Otu appointed 21 Special Advisers, 15 Senior Special Assistants and 19 Special Assistants. “All appointees are…
By Magnus Effiong The High Court of Cross River State, presided by Justice Elias Abua, has thrown out a suit which sought an order of interlocutory injunction to remove the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V. Justice Abua said that giving such orders without any tangible reason would do “incalculable and avoidable damage”…
The mummified body of an American climber who went missing 22 years ago has been found in the ice in Peru. 59-year-old William Stampfl of Chino, California, was climbing the 6,768-metre Mount Huascaran in 2002 when tragedy hit. Stampfl and his two friends, Steve Erskine and Matthew Richardson, were climbing the mountain when an avalanche…
