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Ugaga Crisis: 1 Dead, Another Injured As Ayade Contemplates Ranching

By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent One herdsman has been confirmed dead and a farmer injured in the fight that broke out Sunday afternoon in Ugaga community of Yala local government area of northern Cross River State. Contrary to earlier reports where the Women Affairs Commissioner, Stella Odey said it was caused by a Fulani

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Projects Execution: Engineers Indict Ayade Over Patronage Of Foreigners

By Ushang Ewa The Calabar Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has accused the Government of Cross River State for relegating local Engineers to the background in favor of foreign ones who are ‘unpatriotic’. The NATIONAL ACCORD reports that NSE stated this during the weekend in Calabar, the state capital during a workshop

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Drama As Cross River Signs N3.8Bn Yahe-Wanakom Link Road Contract Papers

By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The private conference room of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was on Friday filled with dramatic emotional comments as the State Government signed the contract papers for the construction of the 36 kilometers Yahe-Wanakom-Benue link road in Yala local government area of the state. The project is valued

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Popular Calabar Watt Market Generated Only NGN21,000 As Revenue In 2016

By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State has revealed that the entire revenue that accrued to the Council in 2016 from the popular Watt Market in the center of Calabar metropolis was a paltry sum of twenty one thousand

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Southern Governors Wives In Calabar, Commend Ayade’s Developmental Strides

By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Wives of the 17 Southern state governors under the nomenclature, Southern Governors Wives Forum (SGWF) have commended Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade for his developmental strides. They are in Calabar, the Cross River capital for their last forum meeting for 2017 and the President of the SGWF, Mrs.

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How Cross River Government Distributed 5,000 Yam Tubers To Over 500 Poor Homes

By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government, has distributed over five thousand tubers of yam to over 500 poor households spread across the five Local Government Areas in the northern senatorial district of the state. About 15 households per ward were selected for the exercise CrossRiverWatch gathered with the tubers of yams distributed purchased

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Notorious Criminal, ‘Skybet’ Arrested Again In Calabar

By Our Reporter A notorious criminal terrorizing the popular timber market and it’s environs in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Skybet has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force, Cross River State Command. Skybet as he’s fondly called was arrested Wednesday night according to eye witnesses who spoke in anonymity. “Yesterday night Skybet

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Cross River Cannot Pay Salaries Without Borrowing – Budgit Report

By Ogar Monday Despite the effort by the Cross River State Government to pay salaries of workers regularly, Budgit, a civic technology organization with interest in raising transparency in governance has said the state cannot pay salaries without borrowing. This was contained in its 2017 Fiscal Sustainability Index that “looks at the ability of states

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