First, it was Senator Donald Dick Etiebet, Senator in the Second Republic, 1979 to 1983,Governor of old Cross River State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States) in July. Then Dr. Mathaias Oko Offoboche, renowned academic, outstanding Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, respected politician, Deputy Governor of the old Cross River State on the same ticket with
There is this saying “jack of all trade, master of none.” This has been the case in Cross River state. The policy “direction less-ness” of the Cross River state government. The Cross River state educational sector has consistently been fundamentally misdirected, suffering mostly from misleads of our poorly considered educational policy especially in this present
By Our Reporter Providence may just have been the only thing that prevented a huge fire disaster yesterday after a truck belonging to Oando Plc, fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol crashed into a shoe shop at No. 31 Target Street, Calabar. The incident which happened around 7pm according to
By Ushang Ewa Revenue collection agents in Obudu local government area have stepped up their collection game as the Christmas celebration draws nearer findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The agents whom CrossRiverWatch gathered report to different authorities and bodies of government now go after defaulters with renewed vigor by deploying new strategies to ensure they go
By Archibong Jeremiah Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone, Director General, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSA) has disclosed that, “Virtually 80% of the bill boards in Cross River are not built by Cross Riverians, they are assembled in Cross River but not by Cross Riverians and people come from Lagos or Port Harcourt to install all
By Our Reporter Emmanuel Ulayi, seasoned journalist and Media aide to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, will be the next guest instructor at the fourth edition of CrossRiverWatch capacity building training. Ulayi who started his journalism career in the year 2000 in the then National Interest Newspaper and a former staff of Vanguard
By Jonathan Ugbal Transport fares in the northern senatorial district of Cross River state have hiked over the course of the past four weeks due to increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as ‘fuel’ or ‘petrol’ CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Across the five local government areas that make up
Atuaka/Linus Ogar By Ikwen The ban enforced on fireworks by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the yuletide will be enforced to the fullest in Obudu local government area says the Community Relations Officer (CRO) to the governor, Emmanuel Akwagiobe. Akwagiobe disclosed this in a meeting with the traders union and relevant government authorities