By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has finally accepted the retirement letter of suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen has been enmeshed in a false asset declaration scandal since January 2019, as upon resuming office as CJN, failed to declare a domiciliary US dollar account, a domiciliary euro account, a domiciliary (pound sterling)
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has assured Cross Riverians that, after his eight years as governor of the state, ‘even if you are a son of the devil’, you will agree that he has done well. Ayade gave this assurance while talking to news men recently at the Rice Seedling
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The industrialization effort of Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has started yielding fruits as the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has placed a N3 billion order for the State to supply rice seedlings to all the States in
By Usen Edem It appears Cross Riverians are displeased with Governor Ayade’s latest sojourn in Europe, where he was photographed at the NIMASA exhibition stand at the just concluded shipping trade fair in Oslo, Norway. The governor was booed in church earlier today, live on AIT, during the burial service of late Temitope Ita Ekpenyong,
By Our Reporter The spokesman for the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit NFIU, Mr Sani Tukur, confirmed on Thursday that the NFIU directive to financial institutions to dishonor cheques emanating from State governors on behalf of local government councils from 1st June 2019, had recorded 100 per cent compliance; but the Cross River state governor, Senator
Calabar the Capital of Cross River State is known for lots of festivals globally. Famous among these festivals is the annual thirty two days Christmas festival where fun seekers gather in the ancient city to do businesses while catching their fun. The period is December and it’s registered in the global tourism calendar. This festive
By CrossRiverWatch Admin When President Muhammadu Buhari met yesterday behind closed doors with state governors and heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, only one state was not represented and that is Cross River state. The meeting, as Guardian reports, was in connection with the prevailing security situation, among other issues besetting the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A high level of bickering has allegedly rocked the Judiciary, Calabar Division of the High Court over the appointment of Administrative Judge as the substantive Administrative Judge has retired. The substantive Administrative Judge, Hon. Justice Emilia Okon Ibok has retired and the next Judge was to be appointed immediately but a high