By Our Reporter Cross River State Government has arraigned no fewer than 60 residents over various environmental offences, including violating laws guiding the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The defaulters were arraigned on Saturday, May 30, 2026, arraigned before the Environmental Sanitation Mobile Court in Calabar. The offenders were apprehended by the monitoring team of the…
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Government has warned members of the public against individuals allegedly making false promises of job placements following the ongoing investigation into the recent recruitment exercise conducted by the Local Government Service Commission. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the panel investigating the recruitment exercise said its attention…
By Frank Ulom Reports reaching us allege that over 30 youth groups in Central Senatorial District of Cross River State will be endorsing Hon. Oden Ewa (immediate past Commissioner for Special Duties and Chairman of the Cross River State Green Economy Commission) for Senate ahead of the 2027 general elections. The event, scheduled for Wednesday,…
By Frank Ulom Rt. Hon. Orok Duke PhD has been inaugurated as Chairman of the Cross River State Table Tennis Association, a development widely viewed as recognition of his decades-long contribution to the growth of the sport in Cross River State and Nigeria. The inauguration ceremony was conducted on Monday, May 4, 2026, by the…
By Frank Ulom The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected new Executive Committee (EXCOs) in Cross River State ahead of the 2027 general elections. The process which was supervised by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Chinese Restaurant, Cross River State Housing Estate, Calabar, on Monday, saw former Inter-Party Advisory Council,…
NNPC Limited has announced the successful completion of the OB3 Gas Pipeline River Niger crossing, a major infrastructure milestone achieved using advanced Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technology. It gives me great pleasure to declare that NNPC Limited has successfully finished the OB3 Gas Pipeline’s River Niger crossing. This milestone, which is being carried out 2km…
In advance of the 2027 general elections, a youth advocacy group called Cross River State Youth in Politics for Good Governance has endorsed 14 candidates for a variety of state and federal electoral offices. During their primaries, the group asked political parties to give preference to candidates who are reliable and capable. Jerry Odey, the…
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, has expressed his administration’s readiness to collaborate with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) 2.0 and other youth-driven initiatives in the state. Governor Otu, who was represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, made this known on…
A review by SaharaReporters of the Cross River State budget performance document for the first half of 2025 shows that N8 billion was allocated for the construction of a new Assembly complex. This figure exceeds the budgetary provisions for several critical sectors. For example, water facilities are projected to cost N5.7 billion, while hospitals and…
The weekend congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, which returned Venatius Ikem as chairman, has continued to generate controversy within the political space. While party leaders hailed the process as transparent and valid, critics dismissed it as a recipe for more internal wrangling. Supporters of the exercise, including former governorship…
