The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a large consignment of illicit drugs worth N18 million from suspected smugglers at the Mfum Border in Cross River State. The seizure was carried out by the Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone and Akwa Ibom Area Command of the NCS and involved 659 units of controlled pharmaceutical substances. The items have been handed …

Residents of Obudu LGA of Cross River State have expressed outrage against one Mathias Amunde, who alongside his friend, murdered his own mother on Christmas Day last year. Police personnel in the Obudu divisional command trailed and arrested Mathias and his friend whose name was given as Marcus. Mathias, 29, confessed that he and Marcus used hammer and planks to …

No fewer than 33,955 applicants have applied to fill the advertised 2,208 job vacancies in the Cross River State civil service. In a document obtained by NAN, the state Civil Service Commission shortlisted 956 from the total number of applicants. The document dated 19 November, by the Chairman of the Commission, Sir Maurice Effiwatt, showed that the number of applications …

Cross River State Government is combating unemployment and poverty by training and funding two hundred youths to engage in mass maize farming. The farmers are being provided 240 hectares of land and maize seedlings and land for the cultivator of the crop in the three Senatorial districts of the state. The state governor, Senator Bassey Otu while flagging off the …

Six internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to six months of imprisonment each by the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State. A statement posted on X.com by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday revealed that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu found the defendants guilty of charges including criminal impersonation, love scams, and identity theft. The convicts were …

The Federal Government and Cross-River State are enhancing their collaboration to sanitise the mining sector and address the issue of illegal mining operations in the state. While receiving Cross-River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, in his office, the Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dr. Dele Alake highlighted that the visit exemplifies the renewed spirit of cooperation between the federal government …

Cross River State government, has secured a $3.5 billion funding from the Pan-African multilateral financial institution, African Export-importbank (Afreximbank), for some of its key infrastructure projects in the state. The state governor, Senator Bassey Otu, who was in Egypt, last week for a workshop, also visited the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo to explore partnership in key infrastructure projects …

Cross River State Government and the Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have been urged to probe procurement violations, abandoned and poorly executed projects littered across the state between 2016 and 2023. The state basic education board had said it completed 616 infrastructural projects to improve the quality of education of pupils and students. On the contrary, an investigation by THE …

A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Legor Idagbor, has provided relief for the Cross River community in the Federal Capital Territory and the adjoining states of Niger and Nasarawa by providing free transportation for the Christmas holidays. The president of Bekwarra Development Association, Abuja chapter, and coordinator of Christmas Trip Home, Comrade Ogar Augustine Olom, said Hon. …

A renewable energy plan for Cross River State was unfolded yesterday following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state and Oando Clean Energy (OCEL), the renewable energy business subsidiary of Oando Energy Resources, a part of the Oando PLC Group. The agreement was signed in Dubai as a sideline of the ongoing COP28 summit in the …