By Adado Margaret And Ikpete Ginini Mrs. Ngozi-Chuku Etuk, a Human Resources expert has urged youths to wake up from their slumber and live life intentionally. She went on to share some skills as to how one properly guide his or her growth in life intentionally. Mrs. Etuk was addressing youths in their number as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross River State, has asked the Federal Government to compel banks to reduce interest rates to make credit available and affordable for small businesses. Duke made the call at the 5th anniversary of the Political Forum G50 with the theme, ‘blueprint for sustainable economic development’, which was
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Uduak-Joe Ntuk, a Cross Riverian has been appointed by California’s Governor Gavin Newsom to as the state’s oil and gas supervisor. This means Ntuk, who is now the first Nigerian-American to hold that position in California’s history and whose family hails from the southern port city of Calabar, will head the
By Patrick Obia Traders and buyers at popular Watt market Calabar have lamented the poor health standards of the market which is the largest in Cross River State. The traders who said the repugnant smell oozing out from the refuse is something else. A trader, Edet, said “In a thing like this, I know it
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Last year, according to the Cross River State 2019 budget, chart of account, general administration the State Needs Assessment Agency approved budget was 67,600,000.00. In the current budget for 2019 the Needs Assessment Agency got zero budget allocation. See exclusive document; Also, the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, Calabar maintains the 2018
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State was on Thursday, absent from the meeting of the Governors of the Niger Delta region with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja. His deputy, Professor Ivara Esu was also absent which means Cross River State was not represented at the meeting where
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government has said it is planning to incorporate the Calabar – Ikom – Ogoja – Katsina-Ala highway to its Sukuk bond in order to increase funding as a means of speeding up repair work on that road. Sukuk basically refers to certificates of equal value which evidence undivided ownership or
By Amawu Cletus Officials of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Services has sealed the premises of First Bank in Calabar. According to the Director Legal Services to the State IRS, Mr. Simeon Adie who spoke to our reporter from the bank premises in Calabar (8 Miles) said the bank has refused to meet up