By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has given matching orders to the State Ministry of Works and the Road Maintenance Agency to immediately fix all Calabar City roads. A statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, said the governor wants every single road in
By CrossRiverWatch admin Former Deputy Governor of Cross River state, Late Dr. Matthias Oko Offoboche, will begin his final journey home on the 30th November 2015, with the arrival of his corpse from the United States of America, where he died. According to a statement by his first son, Prof. Oko Offoboche on his facebook
With the hype, support and endorsement of the superhighway come and gone, it’s time we talk about the reality of our roads in Cross River state. Since the new mapping of the Superhighway now routes through Etung Local government rather than Ikom as earlier mapped, then over 70% of the state will have to live
Cross River State, no doubt, is a pure homogeneous society. As such, the state is considered fit to use the epithet “The People’s Paradise”. Of course, a paradise is a place where life is pleasant and beautiful because of the “all-time” presence of peace and unbroken bond of unity that binds the people; abundance of
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Social Housing Scheme Law 2015 which has been consented to by the State Governor Senator Ben Ayade has been described as a legislative blue print to help achieve the 5000 housing units project proposed by the Governor and other infrastructural developmental plans. The assertion
Suave, well-groomed, brilliant former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, is reporter’s delight any day. He is perhaps the only governor who, after leaving office, has kept his cool and kept a safe distance from controversy. His works when he was governor of the state still speak for him. His Tinapa Initiative brought the
By Our Correspondent As part of its annual conference and end of year program, the Cross River State House of Assembly will hold an inaugural lecture by December. This was disclosed by the Speaker of the House, Hon. John Gaul Lebo who said the event will be a legislative dialogue and conversation series. According to
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered that tragedy struck Calabar South on Saturday, where a petrol tanker was said to have crushed a man in his late twenties, after offloading its content, Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in a filling station. The incident, according to our investigators, happened shortly after two tankers loaded with PMS went