By CrossRiverWatch Admin An alleged fake army officer (Major Kola Elijah) has been arrested and is cooling his feet at the Obudu Police division for defrauding members of the public of money amounting to over a million naira. The culprit was arrested after complaints from those he had defrauded promising them admission into the Nigerian
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reviewed downward the Cross River State’s 2016 budget from an initial sum of N303,100, 000 (Three hundred billion, one hundred million naira) to the sum of N259,155,419,195 (Two hundred and fifty nine billion, one hundred and fifty five million, four
By Ogar Monday The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has given approval for the promotion of qualified State civil servants. The promotion according to the Governor is to clear the backlog of qualified civil servants due for promotions long ago and to boost their morale. The disclosure was made recently in Calabar
By Elijah Ugani The wife of the Cross River State Governor Dr. Linda Ayade has stated that early detection of cancer is very important in its elimination. The First Lady who was represented by the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong made the assertion during the commemoration of the 2016 world cancer day held in
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reconstituted its Committees for the 2nd Legislative year. This was disclosed in a press release by Azogor Ideba, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) of Hon. John Gaul Lebo, Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly. According to the release, seven
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Godwin Ettah has disclosed that within the next budgetary year, the salaries of primary school teachers will be handled by the State Government rather than the Local Governments. The Commissioner said this at the 2016 revised budget hearing by the
By Ojeka Odey The Yakurr Local Government Council WASH Department in collaboration with UNICEF joined the rest of the world to commemorate the “Global Hand Washing Day 2016 in Ugep with the theme, “Make Hand Washing a Habit”. As part of activities marking the day, the Rural Water and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA) Yakurr unit trained
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Glory Nsa is a student of University of Calabar who recently dropped out of school because she was diagnosed of breast cancer(stage 2). She is the first child of a struggling family of four who cannot foot her medical bills. She needs N2m for her Chemotherapy and post-chemo treatment. Kindly assist by