By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has concluded plans to go into massive cotton cultivation in partnership with Central Bank of Nigeria. This was made known by the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Peter Egba in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch TV. His words: “The Ministry of Agriculture is actually going
By Our Reporter The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State has stated that it will not be involved in any form of transitional committee the State Government is proposing after the tenure of the 18 Local Government Chairmen expires. The party which described the non-conduct of Local Government elections in the State as
By Our Reporter The Special Adviser Inter Party Affairs to Senator Ben Ayade, Cross River State Governor, Mr. Austin Ibok has stated that the State Government requires a minimum of six billion naira for it to conduct Local Government election and that as a result of unavailability of funds, that has delayed the election and
By Ogar Monday The James Ene Henshaw Foundation has organized a 2 day Script and Project Development workshop tagged “Open Space” in Calabar for young persons in the creative sector to develop their art and coin it for performance. According to James Henshaw, Secretary of the Foundation, the training is “designed to kick-start the careers
By Grace Orok The Director General of the Greater Calabar Development Authority, Mr. Kingsley Ikpeme in an exclusive interview with our correspondent has said that the Calabar Metropolis would be expanded to cover Odukpani, Akpabuyo, Akamkpa, Bakassi and Biase. “The Greater Calabar Development Authority is an agency of the State Government saddled with the responsibility
By James Obongha Following the Local and State Government civil servants biometric verification exercise concluded by the Cross River State Government, it was able to save over 400 million naira after after weeding out ghost workers. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Peter Egba recently while speaking with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin; Live From Supreme Court Abuja The Supreme Court of Nigeria has uphold Ayade’s victory as Governor of Cross River State striking out Joe Agi’s claim that Senator Ayade was not eligible to contest primaries for alleged non payment of party dues. Reading of judgment still ongoing, details later …
By James Obongha The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has charged youths to braze up to the task as leaders of tomorrow. He made the call over the weekend while speaking the TED X Calabar mentorship program which held in the State capital. According to the Speaker, after x-raying