By Sylvia Akpan Listen To the Report The Cross River State Internal Revenue Service (CRIRS) has ended a one-day sensitization exercise on ease of tax payment in the State. Speaking at the stakeholders meeting held in Calabar, the State Internal Revenue Service Chairman, Mr. Akpanke Ogar said the sensitization is geared towards the new electronic
By Archibong Jeremiah Listen To The Report To improve the civil-military relationship in Nigeria, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, FES has trained Nigerian Air Force Legal Officers and other critical stakeholders on the benefits of collaborating for a better society. The 3 days workshop held in Lagos, is coming six months after Civil-Military Desk officers of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River State presided over by Justice Bassey Ebute has failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking community interpretation of relevant sections of the Cross River Universal Basic Education Law, 2006 which provide for compulsory, free basic education. This is the second time
By Sahara Reporters The former Daily Sun correspondent in Abia State, Mr. Chucks Onuoha, who was kidnapped on Tuesday has reportedly been released. However, it is not clear whether a ransom was paid for his release as his abductors had demanded a ransom of N10 million. His wife, Mrs. Onuoha, who confirmed the release of
By Ekemini Simon, TheMail Newspaper Listen To The Report The Auditor General of Cross River State Government has said that the Government of Cross River State did not procure any foreign loan in 2020 contrary to the report by TheMail newspaper. An extensive investigation which lasted for eight months and was published last month revealed
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Barring any last-minute change, Senator Sandy Onoh, the guber candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State for the March 2023 polls will pick academic entrepreneur, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong as his deputy. Different sources within the party told CrossRiverWatch that Senator Onoh communicated his
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Hon. Robinson Uwak, former Akwa Ibom House of Representatives member, accused by his estranged wife, Mrs. Kezia Uwak of attempted murder has threatened to sue CrossRiverWatch over the report. His lawyer, Nureini Jimoh, SAN, wrote to CrossRiverWatch and demanded 2 million naira compensation for alleged defamation. He threatened
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report Justice Bassey Ebuta of the High Court of Cross River State on Thursday failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking to determine whether the collection of fees and levies from pupils in basic education classes at public-owned institutions in the State is wrong as enshrined in the