Gov. Bassey Otu (6th L), his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey (5th L) and other top officials at the ceremony. By Anietie Akpan In a significant effort to advance the Bakassi Deep Seaport project in Cross River State, essential stakeholders have formally endorsed their commitment to supporting and overseeing the realization of the project. Among…
Governor Bassey Otu, signing into law the amended Electoral Act as some officials watch on. By Anietie Akpan Elected Local Government officials in Cross River state will now spend four years in office as Governor Bassey Otu on Thursday assented to the amended State’s Electoral Law. With this development, it is almost certain that local…
Gov. Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River state Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has commissioned the Continuous Operating Reference Stations (CORS) for enhanced geospatial management in the state. CORS according to a press release by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nsa Gill on Thursday, are networks of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers…
Representative of Wife of Mr President and Rivers State Coordinator of Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Lady Valerie Siminalayi Fubara (2nd left); President, University of Port Harcourt Women’s Association and wife of the Vice Chancellor, Prof Udeme Georgewill (left); Huawei representative, Dr Nihilola Fafori (2nd right); and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), UNIPORT, Prof Iyeopu Siminalayi (right); during…
Atuekong Don Etiebet OPINION By Etim Etim The Petroleum Club, Africa’s first-of-its-kind policy advocacy group in the hydrocarbon sector, will hold a lavish dinner in Lagos next week to celebrate one of its founding fathers, Atuekong Don Etiebet, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The club is made up of leaders in the Nigerian…
By Magnus Effiong Leaders of the Labour Party in Cross River State have taken a swipe on some stakeholders of the party for allegedly planning to organise elections to fill non-existing vacancies in the State executive committee when the tenure of the current Committee members was yet to expire. In a press release made available…