By Magnus Effiong The Alumni Association of St Patrick’s College Ikot Ansa, Calabar, has called on relevant authorities to work towards returning the institution to a boarding school for boys only. The National President of the Association, His Majesty Edidem Etim C.D Abia, who is also the Attah Ekid Afid in Akwa Ibom state, said…
By Magnus Effiong A group of legal practitioners in Cross River has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the State, Augustine Grimah, to urgently investigate the reported brutality meted out on a citizen, Ogo Ogar Ichire, by the police in Ikom, central Cross River. The lawyers, led by Barrister Sony Mgbe, said Ogo Ichire was…
By Our Reporter It was a gathering of who is who at the Christian Central Chapel Int’l, aka Faith Mansion World Centre in 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the political class, Christian and traditional leaders and indeed unprecedented crowd of worshippers flooded the Church to witness the elevation of the then…
By Our Reporter It was a gathering of who is who at the Christian Central Chapel Int’l, aka Faith Mansion World Centre in 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the political class, Christian and traditional leaders and indeed unprecedented crowd of worshippers flooded the Church to witness the elevation of the then…
Cross River to Spend N498b in 2025, Priotiszes Infrastructure By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimate of N498 billion, christened ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ to the State House of Assembly for 2025. Otu said the sum of N328 billion, representing about 68 per cent of the total…
By Magnus Effiong Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has presented a budget estimates of N498 billion, christened ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ to the State House of Assembly for 2025. Otu said the sum of N328 billion, representing about 68 per cent of the total budget size, was allocated to capital expenditures while N170…