by crossriverwatch admin With an annual double digit growth rate of 30%, Nigeria’s economy ranks amongst the fastest growing in the world and that accounts for government’s aim of attaining a 4,000 Dollars Gross Domestic Product, GDP in the next ten years. President Goodluck Jonathan made this declaration on today in Calabar while performing the
by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly who represents Calabar Municipality state constituency has denied assaulting a female police corporal at the weekend. In a telephone chat with CrossRiverWatch yesterday before absconding abroad, Hon Akiba said it was not true that she punched and slapped
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the Cross River State Security Adviser has called on the Federal Road Safety Corps to stop the issuance of drivers’ licenses to illiterates without adequate education and sensitization on road signs and how to obey such signs. Mr. Bassey who made the call on Friday in his office in
by crossriverwatch admin Hon Uduak Akiba, the member representing Calabar Municipality in the Cross River State House of Assembly and Chief Whip of the House once again lost her temper today and beat up a police woman, Corporal Irene Ani for asking her not to park at a reserved lot in the Assembly quarters. According
by crossriverwatch admin The ongoing seven days strike by the three unions of the University of Calabar over unpaid allowances has paralyzed academic and business activities in the University. When CrossRiverWatch visited the campus Monday, the few students who were seen around said there were returning home because “nothing is going on in campus as
by crossriverwatch admin A member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Yakurr II constituency, Hon. Eteng Jones Williams has been accused of squandering over N40 million which he received for constituency projects on his chain of girl friends. A youth leader and another female activist in Yakurr Local Government Council of the
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Head of Service, Mrs. Mary -Theresa Ikwen has called on the State Ministry of Water Resources not to allow scarcity of water within the Calabar metropolis. She urged the Ministry to always carry out regular inspection of facilities used in dispensing water to the public by private borehole operators
by crossriverwatch admin Eighty-Nine Million Naira cheques have been issued to beneficiaries of revocation of property along the Margaret Ekpo International Airport By-pass road, Calabar. Speaking while handing the cheques to the beneficiaries, Cross River State Commissioner for Works, Barrister Legor Idagbo reiterated the imperative of the construction of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport Bypass,