By CrossRiverWatch Admin There was some confusion as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cashpoint with five withdrawal points belonging to a new generation (UBA) bank close to the gate of the University of Calabar caught fire in Calabar, the Cross River State, on Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident it was gathered, but
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, continued his new role as project manager today by conducting a team of investors from China around various projects sites in the state capital, Calabar. The Chinese who arrived the state on Tuesday, were received at the airport by the head of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Full details of allocation to the 18 LGAs in Cross River for the month of February 2019.
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele today jointly flagged off wet season rice farming and other Agricultural value chains in Calabar. The official ceremony was carried out on the 32, 000 square kilometer site of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Society of Engineers NSE, in Cross River state has described the decision of the Cross River state government to bring in Chinese to build a central motor park in Calabar as “unfortunate.” The society said there is enough capacity among indigenous engineers to deliver projects that are continually given to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has approved a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues at the Calabar, Rivers and Delta ports. Mr Jatto Adams, the NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos said that the discount was part of efforts
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A team of Chinese investors to partner the Cross River State government for the construction of a central motor park in Calabar arrived the state on Tuesday. The team comprising Linda Long, Vice President Zonson Smart Auto Corporation, Nadia Zhao CHO, Dongguan Belt and Road tourism Management Company limited, were met by
The rate of unemployment in Nigeria has become catastrophic in recent years. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Sept. 2018, about 20.9 million Nigerians were without jobs. This underscores the importance of job creation in the nation. The importance of income generation for economic growth of a nation cannot also