By Our Correspondent Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today declared war on criminals in the state with a pledge to strengthen and empower security agencies in the state. Ayade, who made the pledge while addressing officers and men of the state’s Quick Response Squad at its Emergency Response Center, assured that the
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has appointed the Chairman House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Hon. Eteng Williams Jonah who represents the Yakurr State Constituency as his Special Adviser. In a related development, Mr. Ideba Azogor, a former Abuja liaison correspondent
A recent edition of the crossriverwatch.com published a report in which it alleged a conspiracy of former general managers of the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of the Nigerian Chronicle and Weekend Chronicle, to sell some houses of the corporation to themselves which were left in trust with them to take care of. Though
My Brother, Yet Not My Blood We used to walk to school together as children, holding our mothers’ hands each as they took the walk down our street to school. We grew through the years as close as we can be, sharing most of our lives together. The tears and the joy, our achievements, our
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The immediate past Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, High Chief Edem Duke yesterday presented a book titled “Nigeria Our Heritage” to Cross River State governor, Benedict Ayade in recognition of the state’s leadership position in tourism. The book, CrossRiverWatch learnt is a compendium of tourism and heritage
By Ekemini Raymond The death of a beloved is usually accompanied by sorrow and mourning by friends and family members of the departed, though to the believers and Christians, death is seen as a transition into another life. Such was the mood recently among members of the Catholic Arch Diocese of Calabar, when the remains
By Our Correspondent Over three thousand displaced people of Bakassi have called on the President Muhammed Buhari led Federal Government to take over the running of their temporary camp from Cross River state government as it did for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps for Boko Haram victims in Borno and Adamawa states in North
Recently, the Governor of Cross River State Senator Benedict Ayade unveiled plans as part of his signature projects to establish a Super Farm at the Obudu Mountain Resort. In line with this, my treatise will take a look at an opportunity which has both precedence and potential for success and will create jobs and contribute