By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Army has confirmed that militants killed one of its personnel in Bakassi Local Government Area on Saturday. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, who confirmed the incident in a statement, however, said the troops killed two of the militants in the attack that occurred in the morning. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin John Inyang, The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in Cross River State temporarily lost his cool with a CrossRiverWatch correspondent following his persistent inquiry over why staff of the ministry locked the yet–to–be-opened radio station belonging to former NNPC top gun, Jedy Agba. Inyang had initially declined comments claiming he was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has declined direct comments on the data from the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) that its external debt currently stands at about 131.469 million dollars i.e. over 41 billion Naira. The Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong and his counterpart in Information and Orientation, Friday declined comments on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government has approved and signed off the contract for the Calabar – Lagos railway line says Usani Usani, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs. The railway line had generated so much controversy earlier in the year over its budget with conflicting views from the Executive and National Assembly over its
By Jonathan Ugbal “When did private business of lawyers become a matter for Facebook and debate? You guys in Cross River State are very idle. This can never happen in Lagos. I run the MOJ (Ministry of Justice) from my pocket bc (because) the state is broke. A word from you again (I) will show
Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has moved a motion asking the State Government, through the Governor to liaise with the Federal Government to urgently rehabilitate the Calabar – Ogoja highway to save Cross Riverians from the troubles they go through on that road. Moving the motion on
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government, Federal Ministry of Environment, National Park Service and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report consultants have been dragged to court for allegedly doctoring the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the proposed super highway. The Claimants in the suit No: HC/383/2016, Rainforest Resource and Development Center (RRDC), an
By Ogar Monday/Clement Oto-Obong 25 members of Partners for Peace (P4P) Cross River State Chapter have been trained on the use of Peace Map to design peace building intervention programs and approaches in conflict areas in the State. The training which held at the P4P headquarters Calabar is said to aimed at boosting the capacity