By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has made a case for closer ties between countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Japan. Governor Ayade made the call in Tokyo, Japan while addressing the maiden edition of the ECOWAS -Japan Business Forum. He recalled how as a graduate
By CrossRiverWatch admin Blessing Gabriel, a 25 year old indigene of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State was among five suspected members of a human trafficking ring, paraded last week by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for running a prostitution syndicate. The suspects who have confessed to
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Calabar on Thursday received 522 illegal migrants repatriated from Gabon to Nigeria. The CrossRiverWatch gathered that the illegal migrants were repatriated for not having valid travelling documents. Speaking, Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mrs Funke Adeuyi, said that the illegal migrants were repatriated from Gabon after
By Our Correspondent Cross River born little Mr. Planet, Augustine Asuquo has been eulogized for making Cross River proud at the world stage. Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, handed the eulogy when the Little Mr. Planet visited his office yesterday, saying that Master Asuquo had been able to
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade left for Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland where he is expected to meet with key Irish investors as he continues his drive to industrialize the state. The Irish trip was preceded by a courtesy call on the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government says it is seeking to strengthen ties with the Namibian government in order to create opportunities and comparative advantage in trade and commerce. The state governor, Senator Benedict Ayade made this known when he received a Namibian delegation led by the country’s High Commissioner
By Our Correspondent Contrary to expectations that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a review of the judgement of the International Court of Justice, ICJ which ceded the oil rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, the President yesterday in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, promised that Nigeria will faithfully abide by the decision of the
By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday left for Yaounde, the capital of the Republic of Cameroon as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s entourage to the country for bilateral talks on ways to combat the scourge of Boko Haram. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina in a statement, said: “The talks between