By Archibong Jeremiah Barely two weeks after grantung amnesty to the Bakassi Strike Force, the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has granted amnesty another set of armed group. The Governor who granted amnesty to the Boki oil palm estate militia groups that has been at loghead for close to a year now.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A House of Representatives adhoc committee set up to investigate the legality and modus operandi of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on Asset Recovery, has called for the prosecution of the chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla. The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Aliyu Pategi, who laid the report before the
By Ushang Ewa Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that a former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP and 2019 gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC, Mr. Venatius Ikem, may likely return to the PDP in the coming week. Mr. Ikem defected to the All Progressives Congress in 2016 and declared his intention to run
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Wednesday inaugurated a 1,600 man People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial campaign council in the State with a charge to win all polling units fairly via issue based games. Governor Ayade who expressed optimism of the party’s victory at next year’s general polls
By Efa Sunday The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, has promised that customers across Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa , and Rivers states will enjoy both Christmas and New Year celebrations with uninterrupted power supply. This assurance was given by the spokesperson of the company, Mr. John Onyi, on behalf of the Chief Executive
By Archibong Jeremiah Information just reaching our newsroom has it that the Community Relations Officer (CRO) of Bekwarra, Hon. Mike Ikado has been kidnapped. According to the anonymous source who informed CrossRiverWatch, “he was kidnapped this morning (Thursday) at about 6:30am and was taken away in his car”. The source also revealed that “yesterday (Wednesday)
By Our Reporter Information reaching our newsroom has it that the APC campaign billboard of Sen. John Owan Enoh (APC gubernatorial candidate) located at Obioko, Ijiman Ugep was alleged to have been destroyed by supporters of his rival, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani (factional APC guber candidate) Wednesday night. One Owan Enoh’s supporters in Ugep (name
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government has begun the recruitment of 1000 health workers to tackle the challenge of dearth in manpower a statement from the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) says. The statement signed and issued in Calabar on Wednesday by the Director General of the agency, Dr.