by crossriverwatch admin The preparation of the Cross River State Government for the non-oil sector economy has started yielding results with the latest being the discovery of Rutile metal in the state. Rutile is a precious metal resource that has huge commercial value and is used as pigment in paint production, water proof agents, as
by crossriverwatch admin The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC have formally acknowledged receipt of the Petition titled “Petition For the Investigation of Mr. Vincent Aqua (MON) Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency and the Cross River State Emergency Relief Management Committee respectively for diversion of relief materials and
by crossriverwatch admin Human Rights Lawyer and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Barrister Obono Obla has called on the Cross River State government to take concrete steps to avoid another round of flooding in the state and waiting to receive relief materials from donor agencies . Obla spoke on the heels of
by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, in Cross River State have failed the minimum required standard of implementing the budget for the year 2012. Only last week, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Peter Oti rejected some reports of budget officers from various MDAs
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Community and Social Development Agency, (CSDP) has trained 36 Community Project Management Committees (CPMCs) under its capacity building programme with a warning not to cut corners. Speaking at the opening Ceremony of the 3-day workshop, the General Manager of the agency, Pastor Victor Ovat said more than 72
by crossriverwatch admin Opposition political parties in Cross River State are at loggerheads over what position to take in the protracted wait for the return of the ailing governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties CNPP which is supposed to be the umbrella body of all the opposition parties,
by Vanguard 27 years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Although there were different versions as to how the late Chief
by crossriverwatch admin In the massive shake-up and re-deployments that hit the police last week, the new Commissioner of Police, in charge of the Cross River State Command, Mr. Kola Sodipo resumed work today in Calabar. Mr. Sodipo who until his new posting was the commissioner in-charge of Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos, arrived Margaret Ekpo