By Yinka Kolawole, Vanguard Newspaper Cross River and 12 other States in Nigeria may have become technically insolvent as an independent research report indicated they failed fiscal sustainability test. According to the research conducted by BudgIT, a public sector-focused financial information house, the States’ revenues could not fund their recurrent expenditure obligations together with their
By Jonathan Ugbal Civil and public servants who are joined the #payrollprotest on Thursday at the Governor’s office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital called Governor Ben Ayade a ‘scam’. The merriam webster’s dictionary describes scam as a noun which means “a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.” The workers have been protesting since
By Patrick Obia Documents obtained by CrossRiverWatch suggests that Justice Simon Amobeda of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Dr. Stephen Odey as the validly nominated candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 31 senatorial by-election in
A court order from the vacation judge of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, has stopped INEC from recognizing any candidate of the PDP for the Cross River Northern Senatorial by-election scheduled for October 31, 2020. Vacation for federal high courts ends tomorrow Friday September 25 and federal high courts are meant to resume
By Agency Reporter The Governor elect of Edo State, Mr. Obaseki Godwin (PDP) has landed Calabar, the Cross River State capital as part of his thank you tour. He was received by a delegation led by the Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Esu. See pictures of his arrival at the Margaret Ekpo International airport, IBB Way,
By Kelvin Ololo Niger Delta Activists Forum, Cross River State chapter currently protesting the delisting of about 3, 000 workers from the State payroll, has alleged that, the Government is attempting to intimidate them using security operatives. The allegation was made by the leader of the group, Comrade Paul Adie on day 4 of their
By Kelvin Ololo and Marilyn Uyanah The civil and public servants whose names were delisted from the payroll of the Cross River State government in mid 2019 have taken their protest to the Governor’s office in Calabar. The Governor, Mr. Benedict Ayade had directed that their names be removed claiming that due process was not
By Maxwell Effiong The Golden Pals international, a sociological association on Monday shocked the Ndidem Elect and Paramount Ruler of Calabar Municipal, Ndidem Eta Bassey Eteta III when they gathered at his residence singing jolly tunes to wish the monarch a happy birthday. This was despite the wish of the monarch to be left alone