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FBN Capital Raises N8bn Bond For Cross River State

By CrossRiverWatch admin FBN Capital Limited has announced the successful conclusion of the Series 1 Bond Issuance offer for the Cross River State Government, under its N40 billion bond issuance program. The 7-year tenured Bonds with maturity due in 2022 were issued via a Book Building process by FBN Capital Limited, following its appointment as

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Selective Implementation As CUDA Confiscate Goods From Street Traders In Calabar

By Ushang Ewa In a bid to keep the city of Calabar clean and green, the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) carried out what CrossRiverWatch gathered is tagged ‘Operation keep Calabar green’ by driving away street sellers with our reporter witnessing scenes of selective implementation of the directive. The exercise which had much focus on

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How Professor Epoke Transformed UNICAL BY IFERE PAUL

The University of Calabar is one academic environment that was known all over Nigeria for notoriety. It was a breeding ground of cultists and cultism, academic dropouts and half baked graduates. Academic excellence was not in the agenda. Massive academic corruption from every angle, high scale rackets in examination scores, upgrading, and outright sorting from

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Reality Of A Non-Oil Economy In Cross River State; Prospects And Challenges – Part 1 BY EMMANUEL ETIM

INTRODUCTION The ceding of Bakassi Peninsula by Nigeria to Cameroun on October 9, 2012 following the International Court of Justice judgment in 2002 and the loss of the oil wells to Akwa Ibom State through the Nigerian Supreme Court judgment of 2012 are two events that mark a turning point for Cross River State. These

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CrossRiverWatch Organizes Workshop On Wealth Creation

By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch Resources, Publishers of CrossRiverWatch yesterday organized a training workshop on wealth creation and ways of maximizing the internet for income generation especially in this era of wide spread youth unemployment. While speaking at the event, Mr. Agba Jalingo CEO and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, encouraged all present to exploit the limitless legitimate

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Production Of Ceramic Products Through Sustainable Exploitation Of Rich Clay Deposits In Cross River BY EMMANUEL ETIM

A few years ago, when I was building my house, I was shocked to realize that I spent about a million Naira on the purchase of ceramic tiles alone. Most of these tiles were said to have been imported into the country from Spain and Italy. The question that I immediately asked was why do

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Cross River Government Urge Oil Firms In The State To Obey Local Content Law, Pay Royalties

By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government is set to shore up its economy as operators of oil and gas industries in the state have been urged to infuse local content in their activities and pay the required dividends to the state. The Special Assistant to Governor Benedict Ayade on Petroleum

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Calabar International Convention Center Courts African Association Executives In Cape Town

By CrossRiverWatch admin Calabar International Convention Center (Calabar ICC) was once again, on charm offensive, at the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Client Supplier Conference 2015, in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. This is an annual event exclusively for ICCA members in Africa. It is organized by ICCA headquarters in Netherlands through the Africa

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