By Archibong Jeremiah And Obeten Godfery The Cross River State Commissioner for Gas Resources, Barrister Chris Njar has disclosed that the proposed Calabar Gas City project the State Government is embarking on will create over 3000 jobs if completed. Barrister Njar disclosed this when he spoke to CrossRiverWatch concerning the mandate of the Ministry. The
By Ushang Ewa The Chairman, Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba has sued for calm from the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). The avengers had threatened to renew their hostilities and bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta region and Ndoma-Egba in a statement signed by his
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
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
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
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
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.
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