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  By Kelvin Obambon Rovers Football Club Calabar is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that the team achieve its objective of finishing top in the Nigeria National League (NNL). This is as the club intensifies preparations ahead of commencement of the 2020/2021 season with a win against Diamond Stars FC, Calabar. The match which kicked off 4pm on Tuesday at the main bowl of the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, recorded some brilliant performances by players of Rovers, who outclassed their opponent from the national amateur division. Rovers opened scoring few minutes into the first half when Josiah Daniel converted a short pass within the penalty area. The lead was extended after Kingsley Michael's clinical strike few meters away from the penalty spot took the goal tally in the first half to two. The third goal of the game came through Fabian Omini, about 10 minutes into the second half, after a challenging goal-mouth tussle sneaked the ball pass the goalkeeper. Mid-way into the sec...

Hon. Emmanuel Asegem, the Director of Operations of Cross River Anti-deforestation Taskforce has advised members of the public to disregard any purported posting of members and swapping of positions that was made by Mr Agan Modey and Mr Dan Ushie. In a statement signed by Hon. Emmanuel Asegem, he said that both the Chairman and the Secretary have not been able to arrest even truck of wood since their appointment in May 2020. "The only functional Anti deforestation Taskforce is the one made up of Hon. Asegem Emmanuel, DG operation, Mr Ishone Ayim, team leader north, Mr Fred Anthotant, team leader central, Mr Suny Ajock, member north, Mr John Egri Onwu member central, Mr Dom offere, member central, Mr Emma Abu, member north and Mr willson Ekpeyong, Acting Secretary,  "This is the only team that submitted their end of the year report to his Excellency the Governor of Cross River State on the success so far recorded. "The rest failed woefully. There are after collection; we ...

One of the biggest issues in the Nigerian Health sector is the alarmingly high maternal and new born mortality rate, With Nigeria having the worse indices in sub-Saharan Africa. The picture in many states of the Federation is same. However, Cross River state has decided to take the bull by the horn to reduce these preventable deaths there by deploying useful bottom-up approach to saving lives. This Was the clear message from the Honorable Commissioner for Health Dr Betta Edu  as she launched the  “Every newborn action Plan” aimed at reducing newborn mortality in the state.  Dr Edu said the goal is to strategically reduce by 50% within the next year the number of newborn death in the state. “ like Governor Ben Ayade’s proactive leadership style is, we will not just launch a policy and go to sleep, or leave the books on the shelve, we will match words with actions, that is why we have purchased and handed over several incubators and phototherapy Machines to General hospital...

  By Blessing Enagu, MOI Officer reporting for CRSFC The Cross River State Forestry  Commission has Waded into the lingering contention between eight communities in the state over rightful beneficiaries of Lafarge Africa's (manufacturers of UNICEM cement) corporate social responsibility. The communities which are within the Ekinta forest reserve and the Oban group of forests reserve,  being Lafarge lease area, have been embroiled in controversy; with each claiming to be the rightful landlord community with deserving benefits. As a Commission suprientending over the two reserves, the Cross River State Forestry Commission recently held a critical stakeholders' meeting,  as a precursor, with the concerned communities to intimate them of government's plan towards peaceful resolution of such contention. Addressing the communities, the Chairman of the State Forestry Commission, Chief Tony Undiandeye, sued for  cooperation and understanding, noting that the contention ...

  It was a rousing welcome in  Atan Onoyom as the Community stood still to welcome and  celebrate Ayade's Aide and Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, as she joined her kingsmen in celebrating the annual Atan Onoyom day, aimed at fostering peace, unity and seeking ways of developing the community. The DG who arrived the Riverine  Community via a ferry boat, brought alongside with her, foodstuffs, some personal protective equipments, hospital and sanitary materials for Distribution to members of the community which she said was made possible through the efforts of the state Governor, Senator Prof. Ben Ayade. Addressing the gathering made up of chiefs and Village heads, Dr Janet Ekpenyong noted that, the Government is more concerned on the welfare of its people as it has been demonstrated in the many interventions and human capital Development initiatives currently ongoing across the state . She noted that though Government ...

  The 2021 Annual Atan day may have come and gone  but it's memories will linger in the minds of participants for a very long time as the day afforded sons and daughters of the land an opportunity to reunite, replan and restrategize on ways of attracting development to the community to rank it among top notch Communities in Odukpani, Cross River State. Just about an hour drive from the Local Government Area headquarters, the village is  connected by a lonely road with significant deserted Communities which have been retired by communal clashes in the past  with evidence of skeletal structures still found alongside until it terminates at the water bank. Accessing the Atan Onoyom Community ,one must ferry from one end to another, in order to break the geographical barriers and meet with people on the other side employing the services of local boat men who also places safety as their watch ward. These people are mainly fishermen, they set traps and catch fishes for surv...

  Cross River State has achieved a total sum of Twenty million, four hundred thousand US Dollars ($20.4M) as a result of scoring 100 per cent for all Fiscal, Transparency and Accountability indicators of the World Bank in the 2020 Fiscal Year. This was earned after a detailed annual performance assessment of all 36 Nigerian states under the States' Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme. This grant achievement places Cross River State at the top among the 36 states in the Federation and sets a national record for the fiscal year. SFTAS is a World Bank funded competitive programme of the federal government which rewards states for meeting specifically set indicators for improved fiscal transparency, accountability and sustainability. The Cross River State SFTAS Steering committee is chaired by the State’s Ministry for Finance and was responsible for the implementation of the SFTAS program in the state over the course of the year. The Federal Ministr...