By Ushang Ewa CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, had turned down appearing on a radio program; ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ on Hit 95.9 FM Calabar to sing karaoke in his father’s hotel, Channels View Hotel. Mr. Ekpenyong had being invited to join the Special Adviser
By Archibong Jeremiah Architect John Etim Bassey, Director General of the Cross River State Investment Promotion Bureau, has revealed that plans are underway to hold the first Cross River State Local Government Economic Summit in March 2019. According to him the summit will hold across the eighteen Local Government Areas of the State but will
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association has declared that its members will from on Monday, January 8, 2018 stop working if their colleague and former state chairman of the assocaition, Dr. Ekanem Usang who was kidnapped December 26, 2017 is not released by then. The Chairman of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the shutdown of voting on Thursday, January 4, 2018 by the organizers of the 2017 CrossRiverWatch Man of The Year (MOTY) awards, the organizers have released the scores and voting pattern with the five man shortlist for the final round of voting. The organizers; CRWatch Resources in a statement signed by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The voting for the maiden CrossRiverWatch ‘Man Of The Year’ (MOTY) will close 18 hours earlier, a statement from the organizers CRWatch Resources says. “There have been attempts to compromise the system by some nominees and their supporters and in a bid to preserve the integrity of the awards, voting will end
By Frank Edima and Ogar Monday Mixed reactions have continued to trail the 2017 Carnival Calabar with residents of Calabar sharing diverse opinions on the performances. CrossRiverWatch went to town to sample the opinions and here are some. Not Interesting – Gloria Umoh Mrs. Gloria Umoh who owns a shop on the Carnival route posited
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has for the first time explained that the reason behind the decision to present NGN1.3 trillion as estimated spending for the year 2018. He said it was because the investment outlay for the year is more than that. Mr. Ayade disclosed this while
By Ogar Monday The annual Tinkoriko dance procession is aimed at uniting youth groups and bringing to them, a sense of their cultural heritage says the organizer, Hon. Orok Duke. “Today everyone will drop their differences and they will all become one as they play Tinkoriko,” Orok told CrossRiverWatch at this year’s edition which according