By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the recruitment of 1,000 Teachers into the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and about 41 more into the Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL). Governor Ayade had shortly after assumption of office lifted the over 2 decade’s embargo
By Jonathan Ugbal and Inyali Peter Residents of Ikot Anwatim community in Cross River’s capital city of Calabar have petitioned their village head, Ntufam Patrick Offiong to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) calling on the distribution outfit to investigate the monarch who alongside his cronies, allegedly N10,000 from over 300 compounds amounting to
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The revenue drive of the Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency (CTRA) and the Department of Public Transport (DOPT) is not their core mandate says the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo. Lebo stated this when he hosted a delegation of the Unified Taxi Drivers
By Ogar Monday Youths in Adim community in Biase local government area of Central Cross River State are currently extorting motorists plying the Adim section of the Calabar-Ikom-Katsina Ala highway in the name of maintaining the bad portion CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Motorists plying the route are made to pay between N100 and N1,000 depending on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The younger brother to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Francis Ayade has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. It is still unclear what his bail conditions were which sources had informed CrossRiverWatch on Thursday that he could not meet them. However,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Air Peace, a commercial air transportation company will soon add 3 more routes for its passengers in the South South and South East regions to Calabar, the Managing Director of the airline has told CrossRiverWatch. While speaking with CrossRiverWatch at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government Friday, took delivery of equipment for the construction of a 20 Megawatts power generation equipment with a view to ending the issues surrounding epileptic power supply in Calabar especially as it affects security. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade while taking of the equipment
By Jonathan Ugbal The founder of The Bridge Leadership Foundation, TBLF Senator Liyel Imoke says the need to raise an army of well equipped and inspired youths to lead themselves and others informed the choice of the 2016 theme of the foundation’s Career Day. Imoke who said that the empowering of young people is always