By Godwin Otang On August 12, 2020, a fire incident destroyed over 200 businesses at Ika-Ika Oqua (Marian) Market, Calabar. Cross River’s State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA also confirms that following fire incidents on April 8 and March 27, 2024; a total of 649 shops and 32 motorcycles were burnt while a life was lost
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, has inaugurated a nine-member Economic Management Team (EMT) to drive initiatives that should bring good economic fortunes for the State and its residents. According to Governor Otu’s Chief Press Secretary, Nsa Gill, he charged the State Economic team led by the Adviser,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will go after hotels, schools, and other establishments that dare to demand payment in dollars from their local customers. The EFCC gave the warning to schools, supermarkets, hotels, and others to stop charging in dollars or foreign currencies within the country. The
Government needs to go back and look at the productive sector and begin to turn our institutions to those that will produce professionals and not certificate holders. Professionals who can hold tools, and turn around our society for the better
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In the first six months after taking office, 13 new state governors collectively borrowed N226.8bn from Domestic and external financiers. This emerged as findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that 16 state governors also increased the debt profile of their states by N509.3bn with domestic and external debt of N243.95bn and $298.5m (N265.37bn),
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership About $ 30 million has been injected into the rural economies of six States of Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta, and Ondo to boost agricultural productivity and value addition across seven commodities value chains. National Project Coordinator of Livelihood Improvement Family Entreprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Engr. Sanni Fatai Abiodun disclosed
By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Government has joined the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and other partners to Commission a brand new boat, MF Michael Eja-iya in Calabar on Tuesday. The new boat MF Michael Eja-iya is an additional boat acquired by a private investor, the SeaExpress Transit, operating in Calabar to enhance
By Patrick Obia Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are mostly fishermen and petty traders in the riverine area of Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have cried out over the continued harassment and victimization by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The soldiers who were deployed to the coastal region to