By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has not paid a dime to any consultant as fees for aiding in the collection of the Paris Club Refunds. The Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr told this correspondent in a telephone conversation that all the monies collected were applied for the payment of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government is keeping silent over the alleged freezing of its account where the Paris Club refunds were domiciled by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja. The presiding Judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu had issued an ex-parte order for the freezing of Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The third quarterly town hall meeting of ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ has now been rescheduled for August 14, 2017 with Rep Legor Idagbo as special guest. This follows the inability of Senator Gershom Bassey, who was earlier unveiled as guest to discuss the solid minerals sector, to make it to the
By Jonathan Ugbal The member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the green chambers of the National Assembly, Hon. Jarigbe Agom has said he has no intention of running for the upper legislative chambers in the 2019 general elections. “I wish to please state unequivocally that I don’t have an ambition to run for Senate in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin For the people of Woda, a sleepy community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, they could not have it any better than a bounteous gift of a cotton farm. Tucked away in the armpit of the northern part of the state with no access road and no electricity but
By Our Reporter Dr. Linda Ayade, the wife of Cross River State Governor has said that women are the strength of Nigeria. Dr. Ayade stated this while addressing her colleagues in the forum of wives of governors 2017 August meeting held earlier this week in Owerri, the Imo state state capital. She said that the
By Ushang Ewa There are less than 20 Cross River names in the over 820 names listed as members of the various committees and subcommittees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) non elective convention following resolutions from its 74th National Executive Council. Former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke and incumbent, Benedict Ayade are the
By Obeten Godfrey The Director General of the Cross River State Road Maintenance Agency (CR-ROMA) Mr. Oqua Edet Oqua has said that the Agency has rehabilitated 3,201 portholes in the state. He made this known during a telephone conversation on the weekly topical issues program, the Dialogue with Agba Jalingo on Hit 95.9 Fm Calabar.