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June 15, 2025 No Responses

Minister Unveils NDDC Projects In Cross River

The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has commissioned the Ultra-Modern NDDC Cross River State Office and a road network totalling 8,137 km in Calabar South and Municipality. He also flagged off the first phase of distributing Handheld Tiller...

May 23, 2025 No Responses

Customs Partners Cross-River On Economic Growth

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Cross River State are collaborating to propel economic growth.In his remarks during a meeting with the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Prince Bassey Otu, at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja, the Comptroller-Gener...

January 21, 2020 No Responses

Ayade Appoints Gedoni Special Assistant

Ekpata Gedoni, housemate in Big Brother Naija Season Four Edition ‘Pepper Dem Gang’ has been appointed Special Assistant to Gov. Benedict Ayade of Cross River.The news was shared on Gedoni’s fiancee, Khafi’s Instagram page, @ acupofkhafi on Monday.Acco...

October 28, 2019 No Responses

DPR Seals Five Filling Stations

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed five fillings stations in Cross River for selling petrol above the government approved price of N145 per litre and other offences. DPR Operations Controller in Cross River, Mr Philip Awolu, disclosed this....

May 30, 2019 No Responses

Bakassi, Oil Wells: Cross River Seeks Compensation

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. Ayade...

November 27, 2017 No Responses

Between waste, reality and politics of deep seaports

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Did Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State carry out any feasibility study before embarking on the Bakassi Deep Seaport project? Who carried out the feasibility study and what is the outcome? ...