By Christiana Ukung Alawa The Chief Executive Officer of Toja Fashion Alternative, Tochukwu Onwutao, a traditional fashion outfit in Calabar, Cross River State has called on the state government to ameliorate the sufferings of private businesses with respect to high taxation. He made the call in a chart with CrossRiverWatch recently where he stated that:
By CrossRiverWatch admin A former PDP governorship aspirant, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba is set to open the first ever private Frequency Modulation, FM Radio Station in Cross River’s capital city, Calabar, CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Information obtained by our sources indicate that the former GGM, Crude Oil Marketing, NNPC, has completed the initial processes and
By Jonathan Ugbal and Elijah Ugani The task force for the Computer Business Union, CBU in Obudu on Monday faced stiff resistance from the public and non-members as they commenced picketing and lock up of non-member shops over the refusal of some shop owners to join the union. The task force members wielding giant padlocks,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Seven Energy International Limited, the indigenous Nigerian integrated gas company, has commenced the supply of gas to the Calabar National Integrated Power Project (NIPP). Accugas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven Energy, is executing the 560 MW project. It is envisaged that when operating at full capacity, Calabar NIPP will increase national power
By Monday Ogar The University of Calabar Entrepreneurship Center has graduated more than 1000 students of the school who had undergone sixteen weeks training on various entrepreneurial ventures in the center. The graduation ceremony which was the fourth of such in the University held at the University of Calabar International Conference center and had in
By Jonathan Ugbal and Christiana Alawa For over three consecutive months, long queues have continuously greeted the Automated Teller Machines ATM’s of different banks in Obudu local government area always creating ugly scenarios amongst other things. There are three new generation banks in the local government with each having just one branch. One of the
By Our Correspondent A public private dialogue PPD/town hall meeting held on Thursday, 2nd April, 2015 in Edimotop, Calabar Municipal LGA between the Cross River State Government represented by the DG, Cross River Geographic Information Agency, CRGIA, Dr. Clement Oshaka and his team and the community Chiefs, clan heads and women leaders of the Proof
By CrossRiverWatch admin It was a day of joy on Tuesday, 17th March in Akpabuyo Local government area on the occasion of the showcase of GEMS3 facilitated tax for service projects and graduation/empowerment of 141 women trained under the supervision of the women development unit of the LGA for the acquisition of various skills. The