By Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River state government has given Winsong M-House, a Nigerian oil palm firm, a one month matching order to implement the Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (SSPE) for Ayip Eku Oil Palm Estate. Failure to do this may attract dire consequences as the state government and host communities were not pleased…
Gov. Bassey Otu (Centre) with the newly inaugurated council members By Anietie Akpan Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu has called for excellence as he inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Councils of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) and the University of Education and Entrepreneurship (UEE), Akamkpa. This is setting a new vision in…
By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Government is set to recover her defunct Rubber Estates after a protracted legal battle. Already the State Executive Council has approved the terms of an out-of-court settlement that will enable the government to re-acquire the defunct rubber estates formerly managed by Enghaut Industries Limited. A press release by the…
Akwa Ibom State First Lady Designate, Lady Helen Eno Obareki. By Anietie Akpan The Coordinator, Office of the First Lady, Akwa Ibom State, Lady Helen Eno Obareki, has decried the low rate of registration of new born babies in the state. Lady Obareki who was shocked with the low number of babies with birth certificates…
Vice President Kashim Shettima (left) and Gov. Umo Eno during the HCD launch. By Etim Etim Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Akwa Ibom on Monday to launch the second phase of the federal government’s National Human Capital Development programme (HCD); but the visit underscored a few subtexts that require further examination. In the first place,…
Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), speaking during the courtesy visit with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Asset. By Dianabasi Effiong The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has stressed the need for a strict implementation of existing Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreements…