By Jonathan Ugbal Following Usani Uguru’s swearing in as Niger Delta Affairs Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari, Cross Riverians have greeted the news with mixed reactions as respondents who spoke with CrossRiverWatch have diverse expectations. A senatorial aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections Raymond Ugba, in
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly was Wednesday 11th, November 2015 morning, forced to truncate it’s plenary because of power blackout. The blackout occurred while Hon. Hilary Bisong of Boki 2 State Constituency was addressing the House on the rationale and objectives of his bill; Cross River
By Archibong Jeremiah Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has appealed to tanker drivers in the state to call off their ongoing strike which has worsened the fuel supply situation and hiked transport fares across the state. The governor also promised the tanker drivers who are striking over the impassable state of the Calabar
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly CRSHA, is set to enact a bill for a Law to provide for the sustainable development of industrial parks in the state, to include the Portside Infrastructure Regulatory Framework and other Commercial Trade Zones. This disclosure was made by the Speaker of the Assembly, Hon.
By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigeria Institution of Surveyors (NIS) Cross River State Branch has lauded the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for what they called ‘daring to dream crazy’. According to them, the signature projects, particularly the deep seaport and super highway are crazy dreams never thought as achievable by non-crazy dreamers. Their position was
It was sometime in year 2000, while in the office of the Minister, in the Ministry of Cooperation and Integration in Africa as Head of Media and Public Relations, my boss, Prof. Jerry Gana had called me into his office to meet a very close friend of his, whose wife was having some issues in
The Immediate past leader of the senate Victor Ndoma Egba has publicly declared his movement from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. A member of the 5th, 6th and 7th Senate, Ndoma Egba’s move puts to bed months of speculations about his movement to the opposition
By Archibong Jeremiah Tanker drivers Monday morning staged a peaceful protest in Calabar, Cross River State capital blocking the Murtala Mohammed highway by Harbor junction. The protest according to a driver named Yusuf who spoke to our reporter is to kick against incessant police harassment. Yusuf revealed that the previous night a driver was badly