By Fred Ezeh, The Sun Newspaper Cross River State Government has disclosed that revenue from farming, particularly cocoa, has replaced oil revenue as the major source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) used for infrastructural development and other needs of the State. The State Government explained that since the Supreme Court judgment that ceded 76 oil
By Ike Uche A group, ActiveCode Business Hub has promised to empower no fewer than 100,000 youths to cope with the effect of Covid-19 in the country. Managing Director of the group, Dr. Theophilus Ogunbe disclosed this on Thursday during an interaction with Journalists in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. He said his organization
By Patrick Obia Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Cross River have kicked against the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 claiming it is against the interest of the people. This was the position of the CSOs after a roundtable discussion recently in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where the co-convener, Ben Usang said
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia The police command in Cross River State on Wednesday arrested a suspect linked with the abduction of Mr. Joe Offiong, a staff of the safety department of Lafarge HOLCIM, producers of Lafarge cement in the state. Offiong was kidnapped in August and was only released following the payment of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State House of Assembly has moved to ensure that pensioners in the state are paid their due after it adopted a motion by Itam Abang (PDP, Boki 1). Retirees recently protested at the Governor’s office in Calabar following non payment of gratuity and pensions due to allegations that some
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Newspaper Cross River State has set aside sum of N500 million as loan to farmers in preparation for post-COVID-19 era.The State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, disclosed this in Calabar at the inauguration of input distribution to farmers as part of palliatives against the COVID-19 pandemic. Ayade, who said this in
By SaharaReporters The failure of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to successfully negotiate an arbitral award with Process and Industrial Developments Ltd, has placed Nigeria at the receiving end of losing up to 20 per cent of the country’s foreign reserve, a monetary sum of over $9bn. A 2010 contractual agreement between
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In the on – going efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in the agricultural sector across the country, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono flagged off the distribution of the Ministry’s palliative incentive to Nigerian farmers in Calabar, Cross River State, the South-South Geopolitical zone of