By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the sum of N961.624 billion as budget for the 2026 fiscal year. The House increased the budget from N780.590 billion earlier proposed by Governor Bassey Otu to N961.624 billion. The budget has N671.272 billion as Capital Expenditure while Recurrent Expenditure stands at N290,…
CP Rashid Afegbua, PSC, mnips By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State Police Command have beefed up security in the state as Christian faithfuls celebrate 2025 Christmas. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Rashid B. Afegbua, in a message felicitating with the good people of Cross River State, and Christian faithfuls on the upcoming 2025…
…No One Should Be More Grateful to APC Than Him Expelled CRS, APC Chairman, Barr. Alphonsus Eba. By Joseph Odok I took a tour to test the popularity of the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Governor of Cross River State (CRS), Chief Emmanuel Ironbar and most comments I got from people close to me…
Ata Ikiddeh. By Samuel Anthony There is a peculiar irony in watching a man preach betrayal with the intensity of a moral crusader while standing knee-deep in the very conduct he claims to condemn. That irony defines the recent publication by Ata Ikiddeh. What presents itself as a sermon on loyalty is, in truth, a…
…Reaffirm Support for Governor Otu Expelled Cross River State APC Chairman, Barr. Alphonsus Eba. By Anietie Akpan The unrelenting troubles are coming the way of the expelled Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Barr. Alphonsus Eba as his people from North Senatorial District have rejected him saying, he acted “solely on…
Flash-back: Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V (3rd from right) poses with members of the Calabar Golf Club. By Isoni Isoni The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V has commended the captain and the entire members of the Calabar Golf club for using golf to popularise Utomo…