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Calas Vegas Will Be Most Digital And Most Beautiful City In The World – Ayade

By Our Correspondent   Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the proposed Calas Vegas city to be located at Twins Island in the state is a heritage of legendary Scottish missionary, Mary Slessor. Ayade disclosed this in an interview with government house correspondents shortly after a tour and inspection of the Twins island where

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Ex Cross River Attorney General, Attah Ochinke Rejects Ayade’s Appointment

By Ushang Ewa The immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Barrister Attah Ochinke has turned down an appointment from Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as the Chairman of the Cross River State Diaspora Fund Board. Ochinke who served as the Chief Law Officer of the state under Governor

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Monarchs Hold Key To Peace In Nigeria Says Ochicha, Hails Oba Of Benin

By Inyali Peter The lasting solution to security challenges and restiveness in Nigeria lies in the hands of monarchs hence the need for Government to interface with traditional institutions frequently says Odey Ochicha, the Cross River State All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate in the 2015 general elections. “The peace and stability of this country is

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South Korean Firm To Build 550 MegaWatts Power Plant In Cross River

By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent A South Korean firm, Kingline Integrated Power Development Limited Tuesday, approached the Cross River State government for land acquisition to build a 550 MegaWatts, MW gas fired power plant in the state. This comes on the heels of several Memorandum of Understandings and Expression of Interest from several companies

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Cross River State Acquires Licenses For Reconnaissance, Mining And Quarry Of Solid Minerals

By Jonathan Ugbal and Ashie Osor The Cross River State government says it has obtained exploration licences for mineral resources from the federal government. The licences includes quarry lease for granite, exploration licence for limestone, clay and shale as well as reconnaissance permit. “Today, we thank the federal government for understanding that states should have

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2 Months Later; Ayade Fulfils Promise, Announces About 1,000 More Appointments (Full List updated)

By CrossRiverWatch admin By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Monday in Calabar, announced about 1,000 more appointments exactly two months after he disclosed to press men on August 25, 2016 during a media parley that he will appoint 300 more. This makes the total number of appointments 17 months

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Fake Army Major Swindles Youths, Arrested In Obudu

By CrossRiverWatch Admin An alleged fake army officer (Major Kola Elijah) has been arrested and is cooling his feet at the Obudu Police division for defrauding members of the public of money amounting to over a million naira. The culprit was arrested after complaints from those he had defrauded promising them admission into the Nigerian

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Cross River House Of Assembly Review 2016 Budget Downward

By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reviewed downward the Cross River State’s 2016 budget from an initial sum of N303,100, 000 (Three hundred billion, one hundred million naira) to the sum of N259,155,419,195 (Two hundred and fifty nine billion, one hundred and fifty five million, four

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