The people of Yala Local Government Area in Cross River State have elected a new Paramount Ruler, His Royal Majesty Ogamode Eje Ipoule, marking the end of a year-long traditional leadership vacuum in the area.
The Cross River State Government has appealed to stakeholders and private investors to support its renewed drive to address the worsening water crisis in the state, citing overwhelming sectoral challenges that require urgent collaboration and regulation.
University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) lecturer Dr Joseph Ukpata, has joined four other lecturers from different Nigerian Universities to develop an automated garri frying machine.
A civic organisation, Concerned Citizen Right (CSR), has called on President Bola Tinubu to launch a full-scale investigation into alleged corruption and falsification of service records at the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar, Cross River State.
Akwa Ibom State has been ranked second to the last among Nigeria’s 36 states in the Civic Space Operational Index, with a dismal score of 44.5%, raising alarm over the deteriorating environment for civil society operations within the state.
