The Project Grow Monitoring Team has embarked on a comprehensive statewide field supervision across selected farming communities in Cross River State, assessing progress for the 2025 wet and dry season farming cycles. The monitoring exercise covered six Local Government Areas: Obubra, Ikom, Yala, Yakurr, Ogoja, and Obanliku. A total of 433 hectares of farmland was…
By Bassey Bassey The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) is set to mark its 40 year anniversary. The fellowship was founded from Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai’s crusade, (“Greater Lagos for Christ’). Since then, PFN has grown in leaps and bounds with functional branches in all 36 states and FCT, local government areas and wards. The…
By The Calabar-Odukpani Peoples’ Assembly October 15, 2025 We the undersigned, on behalf of the Calabar-Odukpani Peoples’ Assembly, hereby make known our position that, the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene federal highway, a vital artery connecting Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, remains a national disgrace, mired in neglect, broken promises, and bureaucratic inertia. In recent years, this…
A political pressure group in the Cross River Central Senatorial District, The Central Think Tank, has demanded accountability from the Senator representing them. The group in a statement on Thursday asked Senator Eteng Jones Williams to account for the sum of N3.162billion budget allocated to the Senatorial District. Below is the statement; In the 2025…
We want to sincerely thank all our valued guests and well-wishers who reached out to us recently regarding the defamatory video circulated on social media. We appreciate your support and concern. We feel it is important to state the facts concerning the video and the claims made: The Individuals Involved: The person who shared the…
By Kelvin Obambon The Nigerian Senate has advanced a crucial piece of legislation aimed at resolving the persistent challenge of delayed payments for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country. The Factoring Regulation Bill, 2024 (SB. 474), sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District, successfully passed its Second…
By Kelvin Obambon Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Edet Otu has urged members of the Global United Christian Congress of Africa and the Diaspora (GUCCAD) to leverage the state’s abundant natural and human endowments for profitable investment. Speaking at the GUCCAD Investment Forum organized by the Cross River Diaspora Commission (CRIDCOM), in Calabar,…
The former Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Janet Ekpenyong has bagged the prestigious “Ntunkae” royal Chieftaincy title in recognition of her exemplary and outstanding leadership qualities and contributions to the Ejagham/Efik kingdom. The exercise which coincided with the 5th coronation ceremony of the Paramount Ruler of Calabar Municipality and chairman of the Calabar…
By Kelvin Obambon The Biakpan Traditional Rulers Council and concerned citizens of Biakpan Community Biase local government area of Cross River State held a press briefing in Calabar on Tuesday October 14, 2025, to clarify the ongoing conflict with their Etono II brothers and appealed for urgent government action to restore peace. Speaking on behalf…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has commenced deliberations on the alarming surge in house rents across Calabar and its environs, describing the situation as “unreasonable, unprovoked, and economically destabilizing.” The motion, brought before the House on Tuesday as a Matter of Urgent Public Importance by Rt. Hon. Davies Etta, condemned the arbitrary and…
