Cross River State News Today

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has stated unequivocally that he is not bordered about his re-election in 2019. Governor Ayade, who stated this during a media parley at Exco chambers of governor’s office in Calabar on Wed.

Emerging reports have claimed that men of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Cross River state arrested six Cameroonians smuggling 700 bags of parboiled foreign rice into the country through the Calabar channel.

Armed robbers allegedly attacked the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on Sunday night, November 25, stealing three new born babies. The hoodlums were said to have come with with guns and machetes, and also stole cash.

It was earlier reported that a former NYSC member, Progress Oberiko, took to her micro-blogging handle to share pictures of a mentally challenged family in Ogoja, Cross River state. This consists of mother, father, and three kids.

Patrick Egbede, the south-south zonal auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly resigned from the party and declared his support for a political aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, a former presidential adviser on National Assembly matters, and a one-time ambassador of Nigeria to Mali, Chief Soni Abang, were among some top members of the All Progressives Congress who moved to PDP.