By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu has inaugurated the steering and implementation committees of the Calabar Smart City project years after the project was completed by former Governor, Liyel Imoke. The smart city project is aimed at improving the penetration of voice, data and video connection in the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday announced the interception of 140 snakes and some 600 other animals including hairy frogs, geckos, millipedes and spiders in the container of a vessel; MV Flesh. The animals include snakes such as Atheris squamigera, Bitis gobanica, Dasypeltis ssp, Boiga pulverinata, among others, while the geckos
By Itiunbe Atunka The third quarterly town hall meeting of the dialogue with Agba Jalingo earlier billed for tomorrow (Thursday), July 27, 2017 has been postponed to August 9, 2017 a statement from the organizers say. The statement signed by Mr. Charles Kalu states that the event was moved “Due to unforeseen circumstances and engagements
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Infrastructure Company Limited (INFRACROSS) has said that only 2 Cross River based companies were among the 40 that submitted about 72 bids for for the proposed 275.5 kilometers Superhighway despite the state extending the bid window twice. The Chairman, INFRACROSS, High Chief Eugene Akeh who disclosed this to
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appointed CrossRiverWatch marketing manager, Mr. Emmanuel Etim as the Senior Special Adviser Creative and Knowledge Economy. Mr. Etim now joins the Ayade’s administration fully after been on the fringe and supporting it with incisive articles that have led to the creation of several Special Purpose
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced that it will produce 30,000 tons of cotton by November as part of its backward integration policy to support industries such as the Garment factory already set up. The cotton will be sourced from a farm situated in Woda community, Yala Local Government Area of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has confirmed the receipt of NGN6.075 billion for the second tranche of the Paris Club refund and says it will apply it to the payment of salary, gratuity and pension arrears especially for the year 2014. The Head of Service in the state, Mr.
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government may be planning another hike in levies and taxes paid daily by commercial vehicles in the state, especially Calabar, the state’s capital findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The new levies may come into effect by Monday sources say but the drivers’ union are scheduled to meet today (Saturday)