In the past 24 hours, the social media have been inundated with reports about a cold war brewing between Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade and a front line media activist and State Chairman of the AAC, Mr. Agba Jalingo over the later critical Facebook post about some activities of the Governor. Agba who
Now, let me make it clear that Ayade as Governor of Cross River State, has all it takes to arrest me and humiliate me and prosecute me and even put me in jail. I do not have any doubt about that in my mind. After all, he is Governor. Having said that, I also want
The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has taken a step that if followed through, will from June 1, 2019; make it very difficult for Governors to exert control over the utilization of LG allocations, as presently obtains. The Joint Allocation Accounts Committee (JAAC), where LG funds are paid into will now only exist for the
By David Nsa and Philip Agba The General Manager of Sparkling 92.3 FM Calabar, Mr. Effiong Nyong has called on the Cross River State Government to create an enabling environment for Journalists to carry out their constitutional obligation. Mr. Nyong gave the charge in a press briefing as part of activities to mark the stations
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The AAC State Chairman had alleged in an opinion article that about N4billion Naira was withdrawn from the State and Local government joint accounts, just before the last elections, to fund what the governor called ‘quick win projects’ in the 18 LGAs and that the memo never made it to exco to
By David Nsa At least, two thousand indigenes of Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State resident in Ekajuk Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State have been sacked from the area. The Ebonyi indigenes resident in the area are mainly traders. Their houses and shops were allegedly set ablaze by the Ekajuk people
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, His Excellency Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Professor Akon Joshua as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH). Akon, a Professor of Educational Psychology, is a former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics and a former Dean, Faculty
By Patrick Obia It was a moment of panic as a student (name and department not gotten) jumped from second floor building of Academic block and escaped for his life when attacked by suspected cult members. The incident which took place in the department of Urban and Regional Planning, Tuesday 7th May, 2019, at exactly