By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River State central senatorial district in the red chambers of the National Assembly, John Owan-Enoh has said there is no rift to between him and Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Senator Enoh stated this while addressing attendees at the 3rd ‘Cross River Central Youths Meet Senator John
By Ushang Ewa No fewer than 600 electricity consumers from Efut Musaha Clan in Calabar South, Thursday stormed the Customer Care Centre of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) protesting alleged poor services rendered by the company. The Nation reports that the protesters who carried different placards with inscriptions such as “We pay huge
By Benedict Atsu Officers of the Mobile Police (MOPOL) arm of the Nigerian Police Force on transit to Calabar Friday beat up revenue agents in Obubra for blocking their convoy. The MOPOL officers travelling in a ‘Black Maria’ and a Toyota Hilux Van were stopped by revenue agents at the gate of Ovonum in Obubra
By Jonathan Ugbal The non-dredging of the 87 kilometers Calabar Channel which has rendered the Calabar port nearly inaccessible is currently impacting negatively on business operations in no fewer than 23 states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory says the acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Vincent Onome Akpotaire.
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has acquired a license from the federal government to generate 21 megawatt (MW) of electricity, the Governor, Ben Ayade said Tuesday in Calabar. “We have received a license to generate and sell electricity, and the certificate is in our pocket. Everything is from the
By Ushang Ewa Honorable Jarigbe Agom, member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives yesterday presented take off grants and Certificates of Participation to 200 of his constituents who participated in the skills acquisition/vocational training program he organized for them. The presentation totalling over eight million Naira, was done at the Ogoja local government
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch founder and publisher, Agba Jalingo is scheduled to speak at the third edition of the Cross River Central Youths Meet Senator Owan Enoh forum slated for Friday, April 7, 2017. This was contained in a letter addressed to Mr. Jalingo and signed by Senator Enoh’s aide on New Media, Gaius Chibueze. The
By Ushang Ewa The consultation of selected communities over issues concerning the proposed 260 kilometers Superhighway by the Cross River State government is scheduled to end today. The consultations which began Friday, saw Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu visit Ekpene-Tete and Esighi communities in Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas. The meetings continued