By Frank Ulom The Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke PhD, has congratulated Hon. Effiong Ekarika, for clinching the Calabar South 1 State Constituency ticket for the 2027 State House of Assembly elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Duke who…
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 Frank Ulom Rt. Hon. Orok Duke PhD has been inaugurated as Chairman of the Cross River State Table Tennis Association, a development widely viewed as recognition of his decades-long contribution to the growth of the sport in Cross River State and Nigeria. The inauguration ceremony was conducted on Monday, May 4, 2026, by the…
By Frank Ulom Cross River State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Rt. Hon. Orok Otu Duke, PhD, has urged residents to embrace the Commission’s digital procurement system as part of ongoing reforms aimed at improving transparency and efficiency. He made the call on Monday in Calabar during a training…
Rt. Hon. Orok Duke PhD, Cross River State NDDC Representative By Frank Ulom The atmosphere in the ancient city of Calabar was sombre on Saturday April 18, 2026, as the remains of the late Associate Professor Edisua Merab Yta (Edisua Ita), a renowned academic, clergywoman, and development expert, were laid to rest. Among the high-profile…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Rt. Hon. Chief Orok Duke, PhD, has called on qualified youths across the state to take advantage of the 2026/2027 Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme recently announced by the Commission. Chief Duke, in a statement made…
