by crossriverwatch admin The 6.9 Kilometer Margaret Ekpo International Airport by-pass road which cost the Cross River State Government 6.45 billion naira is to be commissioned soon even as government has paid over 200 million naira compensation to property owners along that route. Mr Legor Idagbo, the Cross River State Commissioner for Works who showed
by crossriverwatch admin Barely days after firemen attached to the Cross River State Fire Service had a hard time putting out a fire that nearly consumed one of the cinema theatres in Calabar’s Marina Resort, reports reaching CrossRiverWatch say it took the intervention of staff of the Resort and public spirited individuals to avert what
by crossriverwatch admin Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River has restated his call for the removal of solid mineral resources from the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution to encourage states and private sector participation. Imoke made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar on Friday. He said the State Government had
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Attorney General, Attah Ochinke convened a meeting in his office with telecom companies in the state over the move by the government to enforce compliance with the structural integrity policy by telecommunication companies operating in the state. He spoke with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting. Excerpts: CrossRiverWatch: What is the rationale
by crossriverwatch admin Barely two weeks after it was presented by the Council Chairman, Hon Mrs Edith Amadi, the Abi Legislative House has passed the Local Government’s 2014 appropriation bill into bye-law. The sum of Two Billion, Six Hundred Thirty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand, Two Hundred and Three Naira (N2, 633,987,203)
by crossriverwatch admin The federal government has approved a new joint venture (JV) partner for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the dredging of Calabar port channel. Managing Director of NPA, Alhaji Habib Abdulahi, who confirmed this to journalists in Lagos, said the JV will not start until issues surrounding the controversial dredging contract were
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State, Nigeria’s second-largest cocoa grower, has concluded plans to sell five government-owned farms in a bid to boost production of the commodity with private investment. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg, the Executive Secretary of Cross River State Council on Privatization, Dave Amiye, said bidding for the cocoa farms which
by crossriverwatch admin Two British citizens allegedly involved in the stealing of crude oil in the Niger Delta have been arrested and now presently being detained in Bayelsa state. The Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Paulo Shied, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, who assumed office about two months ago, revealed this to the Cross