By Our Correspondent Given the ugly dimension corruption has assumed in the country, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has called for concerted efforts to fight the scourge. Hon Lebo who made the call recently at the Law Week 2016, organized by the Faculty of Law University
By Frank Edima The erstwhile governor of Cross River State and Founder of The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) Senator Liyel Imoke has express displeasure that the State is being regarded as a civil servants State. Senator Imoke barred his mind while speaking at the grand finale of the Graduate Employability Training (GET) program at Jorany
By Ogar Monday A walk to commiserate the World Malaria Day has held today April 25th, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The walk which started from the Millennium Park, through Calabar road into Mary Slessor to Zoo Garden, had in participation the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ivara Esu, representative of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Magistrates Court in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government in Cross River State went up in flames today morning leaving practically nothing in the aftermath. The inferno which reportedly started at 3 a.m could not be put off as residents were still sleeping and the fire service was unable to respond. CrossRiverWatch gathered
By CrossRiverWatch admin Things were looking up for William Obio when he decided to invest more in his logging business. For the first time in years, his nine children and three brothers were eating well, and he could support his over half-a-dozen team of machine operators, saw men, scouts, and wood carriers. Such success, rare
By Our Reporter The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Joe Abang, Esq has put together a fund raising meeting to raise one hundred million naira (N100, 000, 000) for an ultra modern vocational skills acquisition/development center in his community. The Attorney General who hails from Oboso, Ogoja local government area of the State
By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has inaugurated five ad hoc Committees to appraise the 1st quarter performance of the 2016 approved budget of the State. The Committees are to confirm all revenue targets as provided for in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, assess actual monthly performance for
By CrossRiverWatch admin Having attained the mandatory age of 60years, the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase is likely to bow out of the service before June this year. This has however made the IGP hopefuls intensify efforts to be considered by the President. The Editorials exclusively gathered that the 24 Assistant Inspectors