By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has presented NGN277,708,765.550k as the 2021 appropriation bill to the State’s House of Assembly. The conversations preceding the budget was that of the name ascribed to it, and Mr. Ayade drew mixed reactions when he announced the tag as “Budget of Blush and Bliss.” The
By Patrick Obia Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State will present the 2021 appropriation bill estimates today (Thursday), CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Sources in the House of Assembly say this is pursuant to Section 121 (1) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as altered. They told this reporter that the Special
By Jonathan Ugbal Barring any last minute change, the governing council of the Cross River University of Technology will announce a Vice Chancellor (VC) elect today. This will be 20 months and four acting VCs after the expiration of the tenure of the last substantive VC, Professor Anthony Owan-Enoh on February 28, 2019. Below is
The public discourse of the past few weeks has changed from the inadequacies of justice and governance to the need for law and order. The ruling petty bourgeois were thrown into confusion and disarray as they tried to respond to the popularity and humanity of the #endsarsprotesters. They were taken aback by their youthfulness, zeal,
By Patrick Obia Dr. Godwin Udoh has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, sources close to him say. Dr. Godwin, a senior registrar in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was kidnapped on Sunday evening in his house in Calabar. His abductors have called and demanded for ransom with the sum
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has pleaded with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to shelve the plan to relocate its Calabar office to neighboring Akwa Ibom State. The examinations body had in a statement earlier on Tuesday said since its office was razed on October 24, 2020 hence the
By Patrick Obia The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has relocated its branch in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to neighboring Akwa Ibom State. This is “as a result of the vandalisation, looting and burning down of the WAEC Branch Office, Calabar by hoodlums on Saturday, October 24, 2020,” read a statement issued by
By Kelvin Ololo The Judicial Panel of Inquiry on #PoliceBrutality has yet to begin sitting in Cross River State, though it has received only three petitions. According to the Chairman, who is a former Chief Judge of the State, Justice Michael Edem (retd), “the inaugural sitting is on the 9th of November.” Adah Wodu of