By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Cross River State primary for the Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi House of Representatives was greeted with chaos Thursday as the election didn’t hold at the venue slated for (Cultural Centre Calabar). The election which was monitored by our reporters didn’t hold after the party faithfuls and other observers had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that a former minister of environment, Mr. John Omar Odey has died. Mr. Odey died in the early hours of Sunday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates where sources say he has been hospitalised for weeks. Odey, who is also a former minister for information is said to
By Our Reporter The Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has congratulated Nigerians on the country’s 58th independence anniversary celebration. The Chairman, in a statement released by his Special Assistant Communications, Clara Braide, reflected on the sacrifices and broadmindedness of Nigeria’s founding fathers, noting that the efforts of past heroes shall
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government on Monday harvested for the first time, rice seeds from its automated rice seedlings and seed manufacturing factory popularly referred to as rice city in Calabar. The governor, Senator Ben Ayade witnessed the event and described it as a feat for the state even
By Efa Sunday, Margaret John And Deborah Obot The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has ended a one-day capacity building training for it’s members on ‘Election Reporting Skills’, in preparedness for the upcoming elections in 2019. The workshop which took place on Thursday at Adsuit Hotel Calabar, had in attendance Head of Voters
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Arcadier, a Singaporean firm has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cross River State government to brand and sell its cocoa beans across the world. Arcadier is a fast growing MaaS (Marketplace-as-a-Service) enterprise that uses the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) technology to provide for marketplaces; a slight improvement on the
By Ushang Ewa The official distributor of Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) brands in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states has said that those willing to purchase variants of the IVM FOX and IVM UMU 5 salon cars in the region will get up to 40 percent discount. CrossRiverWatch gathered that this is the fallout of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s Senate President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki has hailed the economic vision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade pointing out that his ideas are what the country needs at the moment. Mr. Saraki gave the commendation Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross River