By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The revenue drive of the Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency (CTRA) and the Department of Public Transport (DOPT) is not their core mandate says the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo. Lebo stated this when he hosted a delegation of the Unified Taxi Drivers
By Ogar Monday Youths in Adim community in Biase local government area of Central Cross River State are currently extorting motorists plying the Adim section of the Calabar-Ikom-Katsina Ala highway in the name of maintaining the bad portion CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Motorists plying the route are made to pay between N100 and N1,000 depending on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 2 malls located in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital allegedly owned by Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Gesila Khan have been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of investigations into the over N23billion disbursed by former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Maduekwe for the 2015 general elections. Also, CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. James Ejue as the new Provost of the Federal College of Education, Obudu. The Minister for Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu disclosed this to Journalists last week Friday at Abuja with a statement from the Deputy Director of Press in the ministry Ben Goong
By CrossRiverWatch admin Leader of the 7th Senate and Chairmanship nominee for the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba SAN has told CrossRiverWatch that his meeting on Thursday with President Buhari in Aso Rock was an opportunity to share thoughts on the President’s vision for the development of the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Inyang Asibong has lost his father to the cold hands of death aged 90 family sources told CrossRiverWatch. The late Pa Eyo Otu Eyo who died almost a fortnight ago was a retired district officer in charge of the then eastern region rose to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The younger brother to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Francis Ayade has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. It is still unclear what his bail conditions were which sources had informed CrossRiverWatch on Thursday that he could not meet them. However,
By Ushang Ewa Appointees of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade are currently undergoing a screening exercise whic capture their images and biometrics for an unknown reason CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Sources in Government House Calabar say the appointees are made to present their Appointment Letters, Certificate of Origin and pay slips to a