Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital.
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Determined to ensure uninterrupted power supply to factories located along the new industrial layout in Calabar, the Cross River Government is to install internet-enabled solar power at the industrial boulevard.
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The Cross River State Government on Monday, threatened to adopt an aggressive approach if the Federal Government (FG) fails to grant her the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) final permit to commence the construction of its 260 kilometre super highway. According to the state’s commissioner of Land and Housing, Mr. John Inyang, during a press briefing in Calabar, the Ayade’s led […]
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As part of efforts to ease movement in the state capital, the multi-billion Naira Calabar Light rail project will soon be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The 12-car monorail system, when fully operational, will use an Intamin P8 electric powered passenger shuttle train to convey passengers from Tinapa Resort across Lake Tinapa to Calabar International Conference Centre.
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The Ekuri communities in Cross River State, on Friday protested against the report of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the construction of a super highway in the state.The protesters, including women and children, rejected the report and urged the Federal Government not to honour it as submitted to it by the state government. They carried placards bearing different inscriptions, as […]
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Thousands of market women and youth groups on Wednesday took to the streets of Calabar in Cross River State to express their support for the State’s 260km superhighway project. A group of environmentalists and non-governmental organisations had protested against the construction of the highway, which made the Federal Government direct that work on the project be stopped until the completion […]
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Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday said the construction of the State’s deep seaport would commence in three or four months. Ayade said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor said he was at the Presidential Villa to update Buhari on the […]
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