by crossriverwatch admin The Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State said it is collaborating with Rhema Care, a Switzerland-based non-governmental organization, to train no fewer than 400 women in vocational skills. The Chairman of council, Dr Patrick Okon, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Akpabuyo. Okon said that the program
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Thursday assured that the National Sports Festival (NSF) which the state would host in Calabar in November 2014 would be open and transparent. Imoke told newsmen in Calabar that the festival would be an excellent sports outing in Nigeria. He said this was because sports,
by crossriverwatch admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly and governorship contender in 2015, speaks with UBONG ANTHONY, in Calabar on wide range of issues, including when he served as the acting governor of the State in 2012 when a Supreme Court ruling sacked Governor Liyel Imoke from office. Excerpts: There
by crossriverwatch admin Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River has restated his call for the removal of solid mineral resources from the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution to encourage states and private sector participation. Imoke made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar on Friday. He said the State Government had
by crossriverwatch admin The National Conference Standing Committee on Environment has recommended, to plenary, compensation for the people of Bakassi for the loss of their resources due to the ceding of their land to Cameroon. The Chairperson of the committee, Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that
by crossriverwatch admin The Senate President, Senator David Mark has thrown his weight behind the ambition of the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba to return to the senate for a fourth term. Senator Mark was speaking at the fifth empowerment program of the Senate Leader held yesterday at Government Secondary School, Ikom his home town.
by crossriverwatch admin Following the botched state congress of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State on the 8th of May and the subsequent emergence of a factional state chairman of the party, the National leadership of the party directed Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State to intervene and reconcile the warring
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Attorney General, Attah Ochinke convened a meeting in his office with telecom companies in the state over the move by the government to enforce compliance with the structural integrity policy by telecommunication companies operating in the state. He spoke with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting. Excerpts: CrossRiverWatch: What is the rationale