Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has condoled with Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo( SAN) on the transition of his father, Pa Mathias Keyamo. In a statement in Calabar, Governor Ayade described Pa Keyamo’s passing as shocking and saddening. “As an elder statesman, one with patriotic fervour at that, our […]
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade Thursday vowed that his government was all out to fight illegal wood loggers in the state whose nefarious activities, he lamented, have led to progressive depletion of Cross River forest reserve. Communities which are forest bearing, the Cross River state governor regreted, have been massively dislocated and their […]
Cross River State governor, Sir Ben Ayade has described as a monumental loss to Cross River and indeed, Nigeria, the painful death of elderstatesman, Chief Joseph Inyambe Cyril Igbe at aged 86. Governor Ayade in a statement by his Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Linus Obogo, said “a pall of gloom has again descended on […]
Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade has expressed confidence in the ability of the Senate Adamu Abdullahi led-nine-member All Progressives Congress (APC) Reconciliation Committee to calm frayed nerves in the party. The Committee whose members include the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu was in Calabar for a courtesy call on […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has traced the prevailing calm in Cross River to the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade’s relentless support to the state’s police command. The IGP who spoke Thursday at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, during a courtesy call on Ayade disclosed that he met […]
Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade has disclosed that the state-owned chicken processing plant, Calachika, has met almost all the requirements for certification by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Situated at the sprawling Ayade Industrial Park along Goodluck Jonathan Bypass in Calabar, the 24,000 birds per day chicken […]
Cross River state’s investments in rice production Tuesday resonated in Abuja as President Muhammad Buhari bestowed on the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, an Excellent Award in recognition of his government’s effort in that regard. In pursuit of the agro-industrialization policy of his administration, Ayade has established in Calabar, the state capital, a multi-million naira […]
Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade Sunday departed the Magaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar for Abuja for a crucial, high level meeting of APC Governors. Speaking to newsmen at the Airport shortly before boarding the waiting presidential jet, the Governor said he was hopeful of “returning with a lot of good news concerning all […]
Cross River State governor, Sir Ben Ayade, Thursday swore-in a journalist, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji as the state’s new Head of Service. He is the first journalist to be so appointed. Akwaji was variously Editor and Managing Director of the state-owned newspaper, the Chronicle. A consummate journalist, he was Vice President, East, Nigerian Guild of Editors […]
The governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade, Tuesday swore-in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new President of the state’s Customary Court of Appeal. Also sworn-in were four new High Court Judges and four Customary Court judges. The new four High Court judges are Justice Obo Agbor Anthony, Justice Ititim Felix Igobi, Justice Dada […]
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