By jonathan Ugbal The premises of Agrim, a company that produces popular liquor ‘Tombo’ has been razed in an inferno. The fire, witnesses told Hit FM correspondents began about 10:00AM on Sunday. The entire plant located inside the Calabar Free Trade Zone Authority, including equipment and two vehicles; a bus and a saloon car suspected
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has appropriated over N14.5 billion for tourism related activities under the purview of the Special Adviser Governor’s Office, a study of the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification shows. A newly introduced African Festival of Arts and Culture (Africult) will cost the State N300 million while a motor
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Internal Revenue Service plans to purchase 50 motorcycles for the sum of N10.8 million. The service also plans to buy seven units of five horsepower Yamaha speed boats at N8 million. To fund this, the service plans to generate N17.4 billion as revenue from earnings, sales, fines, fees,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Determined to bring back the glorious days when agriculture was the main stabilizing sector and stay of the defunct Eastern Region and Nigeria as a whole, modalities are in top gear by the Cross River Government to establish Farm Settlements in the state. To this end the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Eighteen Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in Cross River State have refused to bulge to pressure by the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to have access to LG allocations released to the Councils for the month of June 2019. The meeting which held at the Presidential Lodge Calabar Tuesday, sources
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has written the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) seeking approval to obtain a loan facility from First Bank of Nigeria to the tone of five billion naira (N5 billion) at eighteen per cent (18%) interest rate payable within twenty four (24) months. According
By Ushang Ewa The Garnishee order nisi issued by a High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar in favor of Lilleker bros limited, a construction firm alongside the inability of the Governor Ben Ayade’s administration to access local government funding is said to have caused the delay in the payment of salaries CrossRiverWatch
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has earmarked N288 million for the ‘Running of Government House’ in Calabar, excerpts of the 2019 appropriation bill tagged ‘Qabalistic Densification’ show. The item falls under ‘Material and Supplies’ budget head of the Governor’s office. The supplies are appropriated N200 million totaling N488 million for the said