By NAN Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State has given assurance that the construction work on the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport would be ready within the stipulated time. Ayade, who gave the assurance while inspecting the project on Sunday at Obudu, however, did not state the exact time the airport would be
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River born Comfort Onyaya and three others – Ebenezar Wikina, Chimdi Chukwukere, Kehinde Adebiyi have emerged top 3 in the Stanford Open Data Project datathon. Policy Shapers took to LinkedIn to congratulate the top 3 winners who are members of its network and named them star boys and girl. The Stanford Open Data Project datathon had over 300 participants
By Maxwell Effiong Former State lawmaker and Cross River’s Special Envoy to the Gulf of Guinea, John Gaul Lebo on Thursday, said that the State is recruiting English Language teachers and manufacturers of sachet water for neighboring Equatorial Guinea. Mr. Lebo who was the Speaker of the State’s 8th Assembly disclosed while speaking at the
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Contrary to reportage (not by this Newspaper) that 15 headless bodies were found in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) which made the discovery, said the corpses were eight. Seven males and a female were discovered by the Cross River State
By Jonathan Ugbal Earthwork at the site for the construction of the Obudu international cargo and passenger airport may be at the preliminary stages, but the five companies working at the site have a prize to compete for. Chinese company, SUMEC; AG Vision, Azul Engineering, the Cross River Agriculture Development Project (CRADP) and the main
By Jonathan Ugbal and Maxwell Effiong Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Mali, Soni Abang last weekend called for drastic action from communities over the massive logging going on in Eastern Boki local government area of central Cross River State. Abang, a former two-term Chairman of the People Democratic Party in Cross River State said the level
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The aircraft, a Boeing 737 – 36Q (WL) with Registration Number: 5N – BYQ and Serial number: 30334/3120 is said to be airborne and is expected to land soon in Lagos on its first test flight. It has three pilots on-board, Capt. Stan and Capt. Rundolph of Vanguard Aviation Services and Capt.
By Jonathan Ugbal Family and friends of Emmanuel Akomaye Parker Undiandeye, a Major General in the Nigerian Army will celebrate his exploits as a soldier on Easter Sunday, invitation cards shared with CrossRiverWatch say. The top Army General was a member of the Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) Working Group for the development of the second