By David Nsa The Executive Director of Rainforest Resources and Development Center (RRDC) Mr. Odey Oyama has responded to accusations of blackmailing the Cross River State Government Superhighway for a living. The report of the State Government labelling Oyama as a conman was published on Daily Post and Swift Reporters. Mr. Odey in his eight
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bolt (formerly Taxify), the leading on-demand transportation platform in Africa on 3rd May, 2919 launched operations in Uyo and Calabar. It is the first ride hailing service to connect passengers with drivers in these cities. The expansion move brings Bolt’s cities in Nigeria to a total of seven: the service is already
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, stated that the projects would enhance the Federal Government’s objective of improving transportation infrastructure and restoring the nation’s road network. In a series of tweets on Saturday, the Government explained that this was in line with its implementation of the Economic Recovery
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least 59 commercial sex workers which included 43 girls and 16 men have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Calabar. Ilupeju Adebayo, Director of DSS in Cross River, who briefed reporters today Saturday in Calabar, said the girls were rounded up at 2:15 a.m Saturday morning at
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has written to three villages in Obudu, Atiekpe, Ikwomikwu and Okambi, all neighbouring his Kakum village, appealing for their cooperation towards the commencement and speedy completion of work at a new airport the governor plans to build in Obudu. According to a letter to Clan
By Margaret John The erstwhile Senator representing Cross River State, Central Senatorial District, Senator John Owan Enoh, has been revealed to have spent over 300 million naira for constituency projects in 2018. This was made public via a tracking site, ‘tracka’ which helps in tracking constituency projects across the country. According to the site, Owan
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent In readiness to when Nigeria will embrace the use of electric cars, Cross River Government is aligning with a Slovak firm, Sirieco Company Limited to establish electric car assembling plant in the State. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Groidis Peter disclosed this recently after being led by
Sen. Ben Ayade, the Governor of Cross River State is one outstanding Governor in Nigeria, with revolutionary ideas in industrialization and agricultural development. The Governor’s industrialization drive has set the State on a fast track of transformation from a third world sub-national entity to a first world. One of the key areas of his investment