By Our Correspondent The attention of the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly has been drawn to a publication on CrossRiverWatch, (an online Newspaper) of Tuesday November, 24 2015 headlined, ‘’We Are Taken For Granted, We Are Boycotting All State Functions – Assembly Members Threaten Ayade, ‘’ which was attributed to Hon. Hilary
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division yesterday heard the appeal filed by Mr. Joe Agi, SAN, against the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division presided over by Justice Abdulkarafati declining jurisdiction. Recall that in April 2015, the Federal High Court, Abuja, declined jurisdiction to hear a pre-election matter brought by
By CrossRiverWatch admin The people of Boki Local Government in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State are still celebrating the commencement of banking activities on Boki soil since the creation of the local government. Boki, one of the local government councils created since 28 August, 1991 with the capital in Boje, a population
By Frank Edima Concerns about the deplorable state of roads in the Cross River state capital has heightened with the spate of recurring fatal accidents and attendant deaths recorded daily on these roads. The latest casualty of these death traps called roads is an unnamed woman whose life was ruthless abridged the early hours of
By Okwo Kerry/Otto-Obong Clement November each year, the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) marks Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in the three geo-political zones in the country through its Entrepreneurship Development Centers (EDC), having one located in each of the six geopolitical zones with Cross River housing that of the South-South. This year, Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has been bestowed with the Sustainability Champion Award at the 9th Edition of the Nigeria Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards (SERAs). The award to the Governor, according to the organizers, is in recognition of his “well-documented works on the environment as the chairman of the
By Archibong Jeremiah The management of Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH has reacted to the resistance by senior staff to its decision to reclaim the Boys Quarters of the Staff Quarters located within the Varsity campus in Calabar. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Owan Eno when contacted by CrossRiverWatch in his office in Calabar, said:
Some members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have threatened to boycott all State functions for the remaining part of the year because according to them, their handshake with the governor is extending ‘beyond the elbow’. They accused the governor’s protocol team of persistently taking them for granted and under minding their role