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
By Our Correspondent The Obudu Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received another boost in logistics and mobility following the donation of a 18 seater Toyota Hiace bus to them by the former Group General Manager of the Crude Oil Marketing Department of the NNPC, Jedy Agba. This comes barely 3 weeks after
By Our Correspondent The use of antibiotics for the treatment of diarrhea is wrong and health care givers should desists from doing so as they risk complicating health matters warns the Cross River State government. The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Betta Edu, stated this Thursday while flagging off