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
By Archibong Jeremiah The Calabar Magistrates Court has remanded one Ms. Uduak Monday at the Calabar prison, Afokang for allegedly violating the rights of Master Okon Nse. Uduak, about 29 years appeared before the Magistrate in court room one on Monday 28th, November 2016 for allegedly pouring boiled water on the victim’s face in an
By Okey Emmanuel The Cross River State Government has acquired lime stone, quarry and mining licenses, and is ready to set up quarries in the three Senatorial districts of the State. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Natural Resources, Hon. George O’ben-Etchi in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch TV. His words: “Lucky