By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has secured $3.5 billion in funding from the Pan-African multilateral financial institution, African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank), for some of its key infrastructure projects in the State. Governor Bassey Otu, who was in Egypt last week for a workshop, also visited the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo
By Sylvia Akpan Messages of felicitations have continued to pour on Cross River State first female Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Archibong Bassey. Mrs. Archibong a few days ago took over the leadership of State NUJ chairmanship mantle following the appointment of its former chairman, Mr. Gill Nsa, who was appointed the Chief
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has launched drones/ Unmanned Aviation Vehicles (UAVs) aerial surveillance operations training to beef up security in the State. The Command said the initiative aims to enhance the State’s security apparatus by integrating cutting-edge technology into its surveillance efforts. With not less than
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-Born CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police, Anambra State. His new role was contained in a press release signed and made available to Press men in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, by the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. CP Obono
After the demolition of the vaults at the Eleven-Eleven roundabout in Calabar, Cross River State, which was named after the Armistice Day when World War I (1914-1918) ended at the 11th hour on the morning of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918, and replacing same with a statue of the Holy Bible,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) Cross River State chapter has embarked on an Indefinite Strike on Monday May 13th. LOAN said the action is due to the State Government’s inability to meet their demands for the implementation of the existing approval for parity between Law Officers and Magistrates, in the
Once, I attended an ANPP campaign event in Maiduguri as a journalist and was privileged to be in the Governor’s convoy. The Governor then was ANPP. He was in company of a former National Chairman of the party, who was also from the North. (I want to withhold their names). While the governor’s convoy was
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has emphasized the importance of security consciousness among private business operators and hoteliers in the State. The Police gave the charge in a press release issued on Friday, May 10, 2024, by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Irene Ugbo,