By Ogar Monday Cross River State is known for its tourism potential and the state’s ability to pull crowds to its capital city of Calabar during its widely celebrated annual Carnival Calabar held during the yuletide and tagged “Africa’s Biggest Street Party”. When visitors come to town, they go for sightseeing in some of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chief Economic Adviser to the governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade and Vice Chairman State Planning Commission, Dr. Francis Ntamu, says all hands are on deck to ensure the deep seaport, one of the signature projects comes to fruition following clearance from the federal government. Ntamu disclosed this in an
By Archibong Jeremiah There seems to be no love lost currently between the chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the Nigeria Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Gertrude Njah and the Surveyor General of the state Eyo Oku, over allegations of quackery in the issuance of survey plans and certificates of lodgements CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively
By Jonathan Ugbal The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency says no stone will be left unturned to ensure that the agency corrects the impression that has been made over the Ohong unknown doctor’s incident and prevent future re-occurrence. Betta disclosed these in a social media chat with CrossRiverWatch where
By CrossRiverWatch admin Special Adviser to the Governor on Technical Matters, Mr. Eric Akpo in an interview with some news men on Thursday in Calabar after a meeting with FG Steering Committee on Bakassi Deep Sea Port. Excerpt: What is your impression of your interaction with the FG Steering Committee that visited the proposed Bakassi
By Our Correspondent Below are excerpts of a speech made by Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade to a team of UN REDD consultants in Calabar on the facts and fiction of the superhighway. CrossRiverWatch was there. Onset of conservation: Essentially as a state, it is such a sad thing that people just forget
It is getting to about three months now since Venatius Ikem, a former Commissioner in Cross River State went into hiding as a result of the misunderstanding he had with his kinsman and governor, Professor Ben Ayade, which became pronounced after he decided to join the APC. So, where exactly is he hiding and why
By CrossRiverWatch admin Apart from being the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Cross River State from 1999 – 2003, Mrs. Nella Andem-Rabana SAN had the rare privilege of being on the team of counsel that represented Nigeria in the controversial territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon which resulted in Nigeria ceding Bakassi to Cameroon.