By Anietie Akpan Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos will have the advantage of playing their away match against their Burkinabe counterparts in a 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture on a neutral ground. This follows the insistence by the world body that the Burkinabes cannot play in Ouagadougou as their home venue is not…
Gov. Bassey Otu By Ita Williams, Calabar In a move to address concerns in the state’s cocoa industry, the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu, has directed the immediate suspension of the Cocoa Allocation Taskforce and Surveillance Team operating in the four government-owned Cocoa Estates in Etung Local Government Area of the…
OPINION By Etim Etim An important development that occurred in the financial services industry the other week went largely unreported in the press; perhaps because the media is still engrossed in all the corruption dramas of the last few weeks. On Friday, April 26, Central Bank officials, led by a director, met with the chief…
Gov. Bassey Otu By Ita Williams, Calabar The people of Ifako village in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State have cried out against the lack of government presence and basic amenities in their community, pleading for urgent intervention from the state authorities. During a fact finding visit by Pillar Today, to asertain the…
Gov. Bassey Otu at the Labour Day celebration on Wednesday. By Ita Williams, Calabar On International Workers’ Day, the people of Cross River State came together to celebrate the contributions of its workers and hear from government leaders on plans to address their concerns. The event, held at the UJ Esuene Stadium, was attended…
Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu in a handshake with Evelyn Kwasau FSI, the Team leader of Syndicate 4 from the National Institute of Security Studies’ Executive Intelligence Management Course 17. By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government is to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge technology to fight insecurity in the state. The…