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Cross River Rerun: Security Rescue Abducted Corps Members

January 25, 2020 1:16 pm
Six National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members have been abducted and elections materials meant for Afafanyi and Igbonigoni House of Assembly re-run elections hijacked mid-sea along Etighidi River in Cross River State.

THISDAY  gathered that thugs suspected to be armed hijacked elections materials and abducted the INEC adhoc staff as they were about taking materials to Afafanyi and Igbonigoni wards for the rerun election on Saturday.

An eyewitness who declined giving his name alleged that the Corps members were accompanying the materials when suspected thugs allegedly abducted them and seized the materials.

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Over 100 Stores, Shops, Destroyed In Cross River Motor Park

January 19, 2020 2:34 pm
There was massive destruction of properties including stores, makeshift buildings and over 100 containers used by traders at Etim Edem Motor park in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

The destruction, THISDAY gathered took place in the early hours of Sunday. The destruction and demolition, according to eye witness took the owners of the shops unaware.

Speaking with our Correspondent, some of the owners of the shops who were seen crying uncontrollably lamented the loss they have incurred especially as some of them have emptied their account for Christmas.

“We came back a few days to start a new life when

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Abducted Cross River NLC Chairman Regains Freedom

December 23, 2019 9:31 am

The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River chapter, Mr Ben Ukpepi, has regained freedom from his abductors, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Ukpepi, who was released on Sunday evening after being in captivity for six days, was kidnapped in his residence in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River, near Calabar.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the release of the NLC chairman in a telephone interview with NAN on Monday in Calabar.

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Ugo told NAN that the Chairman was released …

Police Comb Creeks For Abducted Cross River NLC Chairman

December 19, 2019 10:11 am

The police in Cross River State have begun a manhunt for the kidnappers of the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ben Ukpepi, who was abducted from his residence on Tuesday.

The police said they were combing the creeks to rescue Ukpepi, who was whisked away from his CROSPIL Estate residence in the Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state around 8pm.

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The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, told our correspondent on Wednesday that the police were already combing the creeks to rescue Ukpepi.

“Our men moved to the

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Ekiti Residents Wail, As Ureje River Wreaks Havoc

December 4, 2019 11:40 am

The Ureje River, which runs along the Ado-Ijan Road in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has earned for itself a scary reputation. The river has brought untold tragedy into the lives of many residents of the area and even strangers unfortunate to encounter its fury recently.

Within four weeks, four persons, including two yet-to-be identified adults and two teenagers who were students of the Ado Grammar School, lost their lives in the river.

There have also been stories of rituals being carried out by the riverbank by some traditionalists seeking spiritual help from their gods for their clients.

The

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19 Killed As Bus Plunges Onto Frozen River In Siberia

December 1, 2019 3:06 pm

A passenger bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in Siberia on Sunday, killing 19 of the more than 40 people on board, authorities said.

A tyre on the bus burst as it was crossing the bridge over the Kuenga river in eastern Siberia’s Zabaikalsky region.

The vehicle, which was travelling from Sretensk to Chita and carried 40 passengers, skidded off the road and onto the ice.

“Nineteen people died and 21 received various injuries,” the office of the governor of the Zabaikalsky region said in a statement.

Two preschool-aged children were reportedly among the dead.

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HIV/AIDS: Cross River State Still On Danger List

November 30, 2019 4:39 pm

Cross River State is in danger of HIV/AIDS pandemic as National Aids indicators and Impact Survey results conducted in 2018 revealed that the State (Cross River) neighbours (Other States) and Cameroon had higher prevalent rates of HIV/AIDS.

Addressing a press conference in Calabar, Cross River State capital to mark the 2019 World AIDS Day, the Community Mobilization Officer, Cross River State Agency for Control of AIDS, Mr Ifere Obeten lamented the high prevalent rates of HIV/AIDS in the neighbouring States and Cameroon.

“National Aids indicators and Impact Survey conducted in 2018 has revealed that Cross River State has 2% prevalent …

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Buhari Sues For Peace In Cross River LG

November 28, 2019 12:05 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the escalating violence in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, where in the past 24 hours, many properties have been vandalised and several yet to be ascertained number of people killed.

The President’s call for immediate cessation of hostilities was contained in a statement issued yesterday by his media aide, Garba Shehu.

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The statement said that so far, there had been claims and counter claims as who restarted the killings and arson between the neighbouring communities of Nsadop community …

NIWA To Scale-Up Oguta River Port Project

November 11, 2019 2:03 pm

National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has decried the level of abandonment of the Oguta river port in Osemoto, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

Managing Director of NIWA, George Muoghalu who expressed his disappointment while on an inspection tour of the project noted that the Federal Government had spent huge sums of money on the project only for it to be abandoned.

He also expressed anger on the level of vandalisation of the project awarded in 2009 by late President Umar Yar’adua.

He attributed the activities of the vandals to the insecurity nature of the premises of the port …

Two Students Drown In Ekiti River

November 10, 2019 11:41 am
Tragedy struck in Ekiti on Friday evening when residents of Ureje area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, learnt that  two secondary schools students died inside a  river during a swimming expedition.
Daily Sun gathered that the deceased were students of Ado Grammar school located along Ado-Ijan road.
A source who didn’t want his name in print told newsmen on  Sunday that the two students died at a deeper portion of Ureje river, which stretched from Ajilosun and flowed down to Odo Ado region of the capital city.
 He said about seven students were reported to have scaled the fence when
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Cross River earmarks $7m for mechanised farming

Cross River earmarks $7m for mechanised farming

September 18, 2019 12:20 pm
The Cross River State Government has earmarked the sum of $7 million for the promotion of mechanised farming in the state.
The state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, made the disclosure on Wednesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Feed the Future Project between the state government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the executive council chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar. 
Speaking at the event, Ayade said: “Everyone of us must own a farm and for those of you who are in my cabinet, you know Cross River has just
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FGN orders ₦3b rice seedlings from Cross River

FGN orders ₦3b rice seedlings from Cross River

June 6, 2019 12:26 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria(FGN) through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State.

This gives credence to the industrialisation effort of Governor Ben Ayade, who disclosed this at the Rice Seedling and Seed Multiplication Factory along the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Bypass, Calabar. Ayade, who said he would be a project manager during his second term in office, added: “So, I have N3 billion in my pocket as we speak, and I can say …

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