By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has commended two members of the Joint Task Force against wood logging in the State, for intercepting a truck loaded with felled trees along Okuku/Yala road. In his statement, one of the member, Kelechukwu Patrick thanked the Governor for his benevolence, stating
By Grace Assim-Ita The Director-General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Sir Joseph Ari has said that the Sen. Ben Ayade led administration of Cross River State is not interested in working with ITF. Sir Joseph in a media parley represented by the Calabar Area Office Manager, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Anozie revealed that several attempts have been
By Emmanuel Ulayi Cross River State Government is seeking the support and cooperation of the Federal Government to construct dams in order to achieve a viable agro sector as well as sustaining it’s industrialization drive. Governor Ben Ayade solicited the support Wednesday, in Calabar when he received the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A very notorious gangster and alleged mastermind of several kidnaps, robberies and gang wars in Obudu and Obanlikwu LGAs, Mr. Fidelis Awusha a.k.a. Mandela, was yesterday, (Tuesday) arrested by the police in Obudu LGA in Northern Cross River State. Mr. Awusha who is also accused of being the principal suspect in the
By Patricia Illam Facebook and Afrinolly would on Friday, 29th March host the ‘Facebook for Creators’ training programme in Nigeria. The programme is billed to hold in nine different locations of Lagos, Kwara, Port Harcourt, Ogun, Calabar, Kaduna, Abuja, Enugu and Kano. The programme is designed as part of activities to mark the global money
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has consoled the family of late Hon. Paul Adah for their irreplaceable loss. According to a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Bassey Ita and made available to our newsroom reads: “The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress has expressed sadness over
By Odey Ojeka Few days after the Obol lLopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana and his Council passed a law against jungle justice an alleged thief was burnt yesterday. According to eye witness account, last week Wednesday, a motorcyclist who hails from Ketabebe Ijom Ugep (Name not gotten) carried an unknown passenger on his bike
Since Prof. Zana Akpagu emerged as the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, it has been one sucess story to another. The erudite varsity administrator has broken many records and set new ones which may take his successor a decade to equal his records. His emergence in 2015 as the 10th VC of