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House of Assembly Reconstitutes Committees for 2nd Legislative Year

By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reconstituted its Committees for the 2nd Legislative year. This was disclosed in a press release by Azogor Ideba, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) of Hon. John Gaul Lebo, Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly. According to the release, seven

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State Government to Take over Payment of Teachers Salary – Commissioner of Education

By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Godwin Ettah has disclosed that within the next budgetary year, the salaries of primary school teachers will be handled by the State Government rather than the Local Governments. The Commissioner said this at the 2016 revised budget hearing by the

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COMMUNAL CRISIS: Cobham Admonishes Warring Communities To Live In Harmony

By Solomon Asha Communities in Cross River have been charged to consciously and deliberately develop some conflict resolution and reconciliation mechanisms to settle differences peacefully without resorting to violence and wanton destruction of lives and property. The immediate past Deputy Governor of Cross River State and Chairman, Communal Crisis Panel of Inquiry gave this advice

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Senate Screens Obla, Others For NCC Positions

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Okoi Obono-Obla has been screened by the Senate following his nomination as a non executive member representing the south south zone on the board of the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC by President Muhammadu Buhari. Obla alongside 6 others were screened Tuesday afternoon in Abuja by the senate committee on communications headed by

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Oh, Mountain Man Is Gone BY NANDI BETTE

By mid November, it will be one year, since “the face of Obudu Ranch” took the final bow out of planet earth. And no one seemed to have heard. Born approximately about a hundred and nineteen years ago in 1897, as guessed by close family sources, OBOH, AUGUSTINE USHAGA grew to become one of the

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How CJN Designate, Justice Onnoghen Escaped SSS Judges Raid

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) designate, Justice Walter Onnoghen was left out by by Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS) in its raids for fear of a backlash. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the secret service feared the backlash from a raid on Justice Onnoghen or an

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UNICAL To Commence Admission Into Faculty Of Engineering In 2016/2017 Session

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The University of Calabar is scheduled to commence academic activities in its new Faculty of Engineering sources in the varisty’s management says. Courses to be offered in the faculty includes; Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering the source said. The varsity is set to admit

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Calabar: Police Confirm Robbery Attack At Ecobank

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police command has confirmed a robbery attack on the branch of Eco bank located at Marian market in Calabar. CrossRiverWatch had gathered that robbers attacked the area at about 7:10 PM Saturday, with a caller notifying local broadcast outfit Hit FM who warned residents and people plying the

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