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FULL VIDEO: Senate Screens Cross River Ministerial Nominee, Jedy Agba

By jonathan Ugbal The ministerial nominee from Cross River State, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba was on Monday screened by the Senate. Mr. Agba, a former top gun at the state owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was drilled with questions relating to the oil sector where he proffered solutions to the issues of fuel subsidy, local

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Did Ulayi Lie? Cross River Debt Rose By N70 Billion In 3 Years Under Ayade

By Jonathan Ugbal The claims made by Mr. Emmanuel Ulayi, a Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on media that the Cross River State Government has not borrowed a dime since Mr. Ayade assumed office in May 29, 2015 may not be true as quick checks on the Debt Management Office shows otherwise. In a

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BREAKING: Fire Razes Alcohol Brewery In Calabar

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

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Africult, Miss Africa, Others To Gulp N14.5bln In 2019

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

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Cross River IRS To Buy 50 Okada For 11 Million

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,

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Cross River Government To Acquire 2000 Hectares Of Land For Farm Settlements

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,

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LG Allocations: HOLGAs Refuse To Bulge To Ayade’s Pressure

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

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Ayade Secures House Of Assembly Approval For N5billion Loan For Pensions, Unforseen Obligations

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

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