By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade made history Thursday in Calabar when he swore in three new Justices for the state’s high court making it a total of seven Judges in less than 35 months in office. They are Justice Imelda Bassey Etape, Justice Obo Awusa Obo and Justice
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nobody ever lies, everyone tells the truth; it is only unfortunate that if it is not your own version of the truth or theirs, it is a lie. I cannot say I have come a long way in journalism, but, I have seen a lot that intimidations in whatever form are like
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, a premier online news platform in Nigeria, Mr. Omoyele Sowore will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital in mid May as part of consultations for his Presidential ambition. Mr. Sowore who announced his intention to run
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent There was a brief moment of emotions as Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade broke down in tears after signing the NGN1.3 trillion 2018 budget of “kinetic crystallization” into law Tuesday in Calabar. Mr. Ayade who had asked his Special Adviser on religious matters, Reverend Father Bob Etta to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Security operatives moments ago arrested the News Editor of CrossRiverWatch for allegedly filing pictures of Commissioners sleeping while the State Governor; Senator Ben Ayade was signing into law the 2018 budget. Pictures of the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the State, Barrister Joe Abang and Commissioner for Sustainable Development, Mr.
By Violet Isek The minority leader of the seventh Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Alex Irek has accused the state of negligence of duty in the protracted Osopong and Izzi communal crisis. Mr. Irek, a former chairman of Obubra local government area said that the governor, Senator Ben Ayade had failed to visit
By Jonathan Ugbal President Muhammadu Buhari and the deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu among many other dignitaries, graced the funeral interment of late Elder Adeline Ndoma-Egba, mother of the Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba at Akparabong, Ikom local government area of Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has condemned the attack on one of its members, Mr. Inyali Peter by aides of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Mr. Inyali, the Publisher of Fearless Reports, an online news portal was allegedly attacked by Mr. Boniface Ishamali, Special Assistant on Petroleum