By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has inaugurated five ad hoc Committees to appraise the 1st quarter performance of the 2016 approved budget of the State. The Committees are to confirm all revenue targets as provided for in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, assess actual monthly performance for
By CrossRiverWatch admin Having attained the mandatory age of 60years, the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase is likely to bow out of the service before June this year. This has however made the IGP hopefuls intensify efforts to be considered by the President. The Editorials exclusively gathered that the 24 Assistant Inspectors
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), has launched her first ever website www.crsphcda.org as well as an interactive facebook page www.facebook.com/crsphcda The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Betta Edu told CrossRiverWatch that the website will provide a window of communication between the CRSPHCDA, the other MDAs, those the agency
By Our Correspondent Two men suspected to be armed robbers and gun runners have been arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State for illegal possession of guns. The suspects: Ezekiel Adie, 35 and Emmanuel Akamabe, 28, both from Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, were arrested along Itu road in Uyo, the
By CrossRiverWatch admin In continuation of a series of scheduled nationwide and sectoral town hall meetings, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday took questions from 100 pressure groups at the Oranmiyan Hall of the Airport Hotel in Lagos, where he assured Nigerians that the Lagos – Calabar railway was safe and secured in the 2016
Inyali Peter, Calabar Barely three days after some Cross Riverians appealed to the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to intervene in the conflict between Yakurr and Obubra communities, another communal war involving three villages in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state has birthed. Okpagada and Mbagede communities are currently in serious communal war with
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed a new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) which has its headquarters in Calabar the Cross River state capital. The Director of Information NN, Commodore Christian Ezekobe who disclosed this in a statement recently says the change is in line with
By Our Correspondent In a move that will take many aback, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has dragged the Cross River State Government to the Federal High Court in Calabar seeking an order to stop any further construction work on the proposed 260km superhighway without carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment