By Ushang Ewa The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has said that arrangements are being considered for a public private partnership for the Cross River State haulage city. Mr. Lebo disclosed this in a tweet while responding to CrossRiverWatch News Editor, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal’s question about
By Ogar Monday Following a recent outbreak of fire in a gas refilling plant along MCC Road in Calabar the Cross River State capital that destroyed properties worth millions of Naira, the Greater Calabar City Development Authority has frowned at the arbitrary location of gas and fuel stations at residential areas in Calabar. The agency
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The advanced security and protocol team of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Calabar, the Cross River State capital ahead of his visit on Tuesday, June 26 CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Mr. Buhari is expected to commission the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital along Murtala Muhammad Highway and the Rice Seed
By Elijah Ugani The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade has called on female medical doctors in the State to unite for the purpose of contributing their quota to the development of the State. Linda Ayade represented by her aid Mrs. Rosemary Eneji, made the call during the cutting of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Water Board Limited has announced the appointment of nine general managers (GM) for its substations across the state. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the acting Managing Director, Dr. Stephen Odey which said the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has “approved the decentralization of the operations of
At its seventeenth special session, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Political Declaration and Global Program of Action against dangerous drugs. Nothing less was expected from a session devoted to the question of worldwide action and cooperation against illicit drugs. Issues in supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic
The largest, richest and deadliest criminal enterprise in history is penetrating deeply into civil structures that make democracy what it is: justice systems, police forces, political parties, legislatures, electoral campaigns, civilian – controlled armies, government ministries and presidential palaces – David Schrieberg Newsweek Magazine, 22 January 1996. The instinct for survival is a creed in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Illicit drug trafficking and abuse have remained a quandary in Nigeria for decades now. The extent of this mire or messy muddle was first brought to public attention on 10 April 1985 during what might be termed Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘First Missionary Journey’ to Nigeria. We could term it so because on the