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Some farmers at work in one of the farms. By Anietie Akpan THE Executive Chairman of Yala Local Government Area (LGA), Dr Fred Okem has attracted Project Grow  high yielding farms to Wodah, Ijegwu and Council headquartres, Okpoma. This is coming even as most LGAs in the state have showed less interest in the Project…

Gov. Bassey Otu (middle), Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM (6th right), Chief Emmanuel Ironbar, Chief of Staff to the Governor (5th right), Prince Otu Okor, Chairman, CRIDCOM (3rd right), Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk, Commissioner for Health (1st left) and others during the courtesy visit. By Anietie Akpan Cross River is partnering the Nigerians in…

Dr. Emmanuel Ironbar at the Leboku festival in Abuja. By Our Reporter The Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Emmanuel Ironbar, was among the many sons and daughters of the state who gathered in Abuja over the weekend for this year’s Leboku New Yam Festival. This year’s celebration, themed “Kedei…

Governor Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator  Bassey Edet Otu, has directed the Commissioner of Police to effect the immediate arrest and thorough investigation of the officer implicated in the August 1, 2025, police shooting in which one Onyekachi Moses, 23 years, allegedly lost his life. The Governor  in a statement…

By Ita Williams, Calabar The Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has ruled that henceforth, only financially up to date members will benefit from the union and the upcoming Beatrice Bassey Ita Best Investigative Journalist Award. The resolution was outlined in a communiqué released by the Communique Drafting Committee (CDC)…