No fewer than 47 job applicants were defrauded of over N51.8 million during the cancelled 2024/2025 local government recruitment exercise in Cross River State. The Chairman of the Cross River State Local Government Service Commission, Barr. Eyo Nsa Ekpo, disclosed this during an early-morning radio programme, Let’s Talk Nigeria, on Sparkling FM. According to Ekpo,…
Police have arrested five suspects, including two women, over the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 25-year-old e-hailing driver. South African Police Service said this in a statement posted on its X handle on Sunday. “Steenberg police rescued a 25-year-old e-hailing driver after he was raped and held at ransom by two female suspects and…
By Gertrude Effiom After more than ten years without electricity, the Bakassi Local Government Area is on the verge of power restoration following a comprehensive infrastructure assessment by engineers from the Cross River State Electrification Agency. The electrification team, led by distinguished Bakassi Mainland leader AIG Chief Enene Okon (Rtd.), conducted an extensive inspection tour…
By Uthman Oriyomi The Delta State Police Command has recorded further operational successes in its efforts to curb the proliferation of illegal firearms and combat violent crime across the State, as operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) and Command Anti-Cult Unit (CACU), in separate intelligence-led operations, arrested two suspects and recovered two pump-action…
A theatre assistant is under police investigation in Cross River after he allegedly performed a hernia surgery on a 60-year-old man at a private clinic in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area. The procedure on September 8 reportedly ended in complications that forced the patient’s admission to Ugep General Hospital three days later, triggering tension and…
By Christian Njoku Ms Archibong Bassey, first female Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River Council, on Thursday dedicated her latest recognition to late veteran journalist, Mr Anietie Akpan. Bassey made the dedication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar while speaking on her inclusion in a…
The immediate past Director-General of the Cross River State Teachers Continuous Training Institute, TCTI, Biase, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, is mourning the death of his father-in-law and former PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. Alhaji Tukur died on Saturday, September 12, 2026. at the age of 90. The late elder statesman served as Minister of Industries…
By Kelvin Obambon In a bid to ease the financial burden on parents ahead of the new academic session, leader of Polling Unit 16, Ward 6 in Calabar South Local Government Area, Hon. Archibong Orok, on Saturday, presented educational support grants totalling N400,000 to primary school pupils in the area. During the ceremony, 20 pupils…
By Kelvin Obambon Civil society organizations and tobacco control advocates have gathered for a two-day capacity-building workshop aimed at addressing the evolving strategies of the tobacco industry and strengthening public health advocacy in Nigeria. Organized by the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), the program was held under the theme, “Advancing Interference, Advancing Policy: The Future…
By Ovat Abeng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka Branch, Anambra State, has suspended its withdrawal of services following the full payment of the outstanding August 2026 salary to all its members. The suspension takes effect immediately, Friday, September 11, 2026, five days after the branch commenced the industrial…
