Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has called on the Federal Government to adequately compensate the state for the loss of 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom and ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in 2002.
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The Federal High Court in Cross River has ordered the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to seal two brothels in Calabar.
The Nigerian Navy said ON Wednesday that it arrested no fewer than 197 suspected smugglers between 2015 and 2018.
The Abia command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two suspects for allegedly dealing in illegal petroleum products.
The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Cross River State Government to challenge the suspension of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has urged all the Internally Displaced Persons from the state taking refuge in Ebonyi State to return home, assuring that their safety would be guaranteed.
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Usani Usani, has inaugurated the completed 6.55km Atimbo-Akpabuyo Road in Cross River State constructed by his Ministry.
Five states of the federation have so far benefitted from the Federal Government’s RAMP initiative, the National Coordinator, Rural Access Mobility Project, Ubandoma Ularamu, has said.
Ebonyi State indigenes residing in Ekajiok, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State were on Friday forced to vacate the town by the people of the area following the alleged missing of two of their people in Ebonyi State.
The Esuk Mba community market in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River is still practising trade by barter as a means of exchange for food items since it was established in 1956, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Fifty-nine commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Department of State Security in Calabar, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Police in Cross River have launched the `Operation Puff Adder’ in the state to tackle emerging security challenges such as kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry among others.
Dr Betta Edu, Director General, Primary Health Care Development Agency, Cross River, has said that communal clashes in some parts of the state was hindering full immunisation coverage.
The Nigerian Army has destroyed 500 drums of adulterated diesel and two cars seized from smugglers in Jebs Community in the Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River. State
Dr. Asuquo Ekwe, the Programme Manager, Roll Back Malaria in Cross River State, has described behavioural change as a panacea to malaria prevention and treatment in Nigeria.
Less than a week after the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, warned policemen to stop indiscriminate use of their rifles, four policemen, attached to the IGP’s Special Intelligence Response Team, have been attacked by a gang in Ogoja, Cross River State.
A female inmate of the Afokang prison, Calabar, (name withheld), has given birth to twins, a boy and girl, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Major General Suleiman Kazaure, has laid the foundation for an ultra-modern lecture hall in the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Obubura, Cross River State.
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested 11 murder suspects and 20 others for various crimes committed across the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Department of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has said that over 500,000 Nigerians were directly involved in Small Scale Mining operations across the country.