Cross River State

CROSS RIVER RICE REVOLUTION: 27 CONTAINERS ARRIVE CALABER

April 5, 2018 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

Twenty-seven containers of automated rice seedlings equipment have arrived the Ayade industrial park in Calabar, Cross River State and ready for installation. Project manager of the centre, Patrick O’brian who received the equipments disclosed that already, contractors from Taiwan are on their way to Calabar for full installation of the automated machines. The equipment […]

GOV. AYADE’S N1.3T 2018 BUDGET – HOW REALISTIC IS IT? by Zik Gbemre

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

In what can best be described as an overambitious, unrealistic and a complete joke of Budget presentation, the people of Cross-River and Nigerians were left confused and surprised when Governor Ben Ayade proposed a budget estimate of N1.306 trillion before the Cross-River State House of Assembly for the 2018 fiscal year. A lot of questions […]

The Long, winding Superhighway By Nnimmo Bassey

February 7, 2017 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

The controversy surrounding the 260 km Superhighway proposed by the Cross River State government (CRSG) of Nigeria will not go away. Notably, the bulldozing of forests, farmlands and sundry properties commenced last year without an approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Curiously, the government issued an edict dispossessing individuals and communities of lands lying within an […]

Posterity will judge me and my committee if the budget fails – Cross River House Budget Chairman

January 30, 2017 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

BY: VITALIS UGOH, CALABAR The Chairman, Budget and Appropriation Committee of the Cross River State House of Assembly says posterity will judge him and members of his committee if the N707 billion budget estimate is not implemented . It would be recalled that the state governor Senator Ben Ayade has assented to the budget shortly […]

Civil Servants Take over Cross River State LG Administration as Tenure of Current Chairmen Expire

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

VITALIS UGOH, Calabar: Following the end of tenure of the current local government administrations in Cross River state on December 15th, 2016, the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has directed all out-going chairmen of councils to handover to Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in their respective councils. Only chairman of Bakassi local government council […]

CRSG says it has not ceded its Cocoa farms to any family , Commissioner for Agric

December 13, 2016 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

Cross River State government has denied allegation that it had ceded over 32 hectares of cocoa plots in Abointa Cocoa estate in Etung local government area to anybody or family as rumoured. This position was made known by the state Commissioner for agriculture Prof. Anthony Eneji while briefing newsmen in his office. It would be […]

Olumba-Olumba predicts 8-year tenure for Buhari

July 25, 2016 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari will certainly complete his first and second terms in office, spiritual leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba Obu, has said. Addressing a crowd of guests and adherents in Calabar, Cross River State, during an international youth event with the theme ‘Respecting Authorities and Higher Powers’, Olumba Olumba […]

Militants Take Over 2 Local Governments in Cross Rivers, Chairmen Flee

July 10, 2016 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

Armed militias have taken control of two local government areas in Cross River State and displaced virtually every civil authority in the area, Thisday gathered. The militia, generally believed to be members of Bakassi Strike Force, had been operating in the area for some time. But they recently seized control of Bakassi and Akpabuyo local […]