By Frank Ulom Not less than 30 refugees have graduated from from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI Soap Making Training in Cross River State. Start-up kits, take-off grants as well of certifications were also presented to the refugees at the graduation ceremony held on Friday, 26 January 2024, at…
By Our Reporter Sen. Jarigbe Agom, senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, has called a company allegedly owned by the family of former governor Ben Ayade to return funds queried by the Report of the Office of the State Auditor General. Jarigbe made the call on Sunday in an address to his constituents which…
By Frank Ulom Mr Kingsley Benson, a Bolt driver has just stopped another su!c!de after saving a female passenger who intended to take her own life in Calabar, Cross River State. Narrating the incident on Monday after taking the passenger to Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar Road, Benson said the female passenger (name withheld) made a…
By Joseph Obung The Chairman of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area, HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet in this interview with Joseph Obung, said 18 years after the government promised settlement/resettlement for the displaced people of Bakassi Peninsula, it has remained empty promises. What step do…
By Frank Ulom A 16-room apartment has been razed down by fire along Glado Street in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River. The incident which happened on Sunday, 21 January 2024, rendered 38 occupants homeless. Though the cause of the fire could not be ascertained, the caretaker of the house, Pastor David Ogar…
By Frank Ulom Mr Peter Okon, a senior journalist working with the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC, is in need of help after he was run over by a reckless driver in Calabar. Okon was jogging with his wife in the morning hours of Saturday, 20 January 2024, when the driver, knocked him down near…
