By Anietie Akpan United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has floated a new Learning Culture in Cross River Schools. This is a pilot capacity training programme for participants in Cross River state on a new learning culture in schools across the state and the country. The pilot programme, in a conscious effort to domesticate this aspect…
Participants from Ikot Ekong community, Akpabuyo LGAi n a group photograph after the training. By Anietie Akpan The Nkori Rural Women Development Initiative (NRWDI) has trained 120 women in some coastal communities of Cross River state on climate change impacts and the critical role of mangroves in mitigating these impacts. The capacity building training programme…
By Anietie Akpan The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has thumbs up the Cross River state governor, Senator Bassey Otu’s visionary governance saying, “it is revitalising the state’s infrastructure and economy”. The PGF, composed of incumbent governors of States controlled by the All Progressive Congress (APC), described Governor Otu as an excellent example of a…
Dr Amah Williams, Spokesman of BCS By Anietie Akpan The Executive Council of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) with international headquarters in Calabar, southern Nigeria, has excommunicated four of its members. Accordingly, the BCS has cautioned the public against dealing with them as members of the fold. The names of the four were…
Governor Bassey Otu OPINION By Okar Ibor On Saturday, August 31, 2024, the sensibilities of well meaning Cross Riverians and indeed, Editorial Staff of the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation (CRSNC), were assaulted by an “Open letter to the Governor on the blatant desecration of the Nigerian Chronicle,” and circulated on the social media by…
The Emir of Kano, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi II (M), Mr. Etim Etim (L) and Dr. Noel Akpata, a Medical Doctor and Management Consultant (R) during the visit to the Emir’s palace at weekend. TRAVEL By Etim Etim I spent the last weekend of August in Kano on a film project, and thankfully, there was enough…