By Kelvin Ololo and Patrick Obia The newly inducted 41 members into the Nigeria Union of Campus Journalist (NUCJ), Cross River University Of Technology (CRUTECH) Chapter have being charge to uphold passionately the ethics and codes of the noble profession not compromising as they go into the field to practise as campus journalists. This was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it has activated measures to checkmate the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the state after the first case of it was announced by Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire. The health commissioner, Betta Edu told this reporter in a telephone conversation that over 5,500 medical kits
By Patrick Obia A bill to strengthen the operations of the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) has been read a second time on the floor of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The bill tagged “the Cross River State Motor Vehicle Administration Directorate Bill 2020” seeks to facilitate the establishment of a directorate which will serve
By Archibong Jeremiah The loggerhead between the Cross River State Government and the Nigerian Navy over land has taken a new dimension as some Cross Riverians have protested and urged the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to leave Navy Land alone. The peaceful protesters (Cross River State Progressive Forum) marched in Calabar, the Cross River
By Patrick Obia Building where Fan milk and yogurt drinks are being distributed in retails and wholesales along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, beside Mobil Fuel station in Calabar, has been razed down by fire. The “strange fire” which started at about 8PM on Saturday night, eyewitnesses at the scene posited that the fault was electrical
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following public outcry over menace of potholes all over major towns and cities of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has said that his job as a Governor does not include mending inner city roads or potholes. In an interview he granted the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) International, Ayade said his tenure
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A serving Police officer in Calabar suspected to be behind many of the kidnapping cases in the city has been arrested by joined security outfit made up by military personnel, tagged “Operation Skolombo”. The suspected kidnap kingpin was arrested alongside five other gang members by the Operation Skolombo team on Monday upon
Again, Ayade Orders Government Officials, Aids To Stop Making Public Comments
By Archibong Jeremiah Again the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has warned Government officials and his aids to stop making public statements on behalf of himself or the Government. This second directive was contained in a press release by Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor and made available to our