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Internationalizing The Ugep New Yams Festival While Preserving Its Cultural & Historical Originality
In the annals of cultural heritage, the Ugep New Yams Festival, celebrated by the Ugep people in Cross River State, Nigeria, stands as a venerable institution, a cornucopia of tradition and celebration, tracing its origins back to the early 16th century. Established circa 1520, shortly after the Umor (Ugep) people migrated from Akpá and settled…
CR: Two Traditional Rulers Lead Charge Against Inclusion Of Two LGAs In Proposed Ogoja State
Two traditional rulers in Cross River State, HRM. Ovai Edward Osim, Chairman of the CRS Traditional Rulers Council and paramount ruler of Abi LGA and HRM. Obol Ofem Ubana Eteng, Obol Lopon of Ugep and paramount ruler of Yakurr LGA, are leading the charge against the inclusion of Abi and Yakurr LGAs, without consulting people…
C’River Education Commissioner Warns, Summons Three School Principals Over Extortion
Stephen Odey, Cross River State Education Commissioner, has warned secondary school principals in the state, to stick to the collection of government approved school fees from students to avoid extreme punitive measures being meted out on them for extortion. Odey gave the warning in Calabar, when he summoned to his office, the principals of Government…
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CHOLERA: C’River State Disagrees With NCDC Report
The Cross River State Government has stoutly rejected the state’s inclusion, by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, among the list of 10 states in Nigeria affected by cholera outbreak. Henry Egbe Ayuk, Commissioner for Health, CRS, faulted the state’s listing during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Calabar. Ayuk…
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“I Am Not Proud To Be A Chairman Who Lost Elections In CRS” – Vena Ikem
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem, says he is not proud to be a state party chairman whose party lost the 2023 gubernatorial elections in the state. Ikem who spoke at the party’s stakeholders meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel, Calabar, further attributed his party’s failure at thr polls…
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