By Jonathan Ugbash The remains of the late Paramount Ruler of Obanliku local government area, Uchua Moses Ashang will be buried by next week family sources say. Uchua Ashang died in 2017 and is said to have been one of the longest-serving monarchs in the South South region of Nigeria. And, his son and former
By Margaret John The Cross River State House of Assembly has received a document containing the new set of bills to be debated upon as part of the processes for the ongoing constitutional amendment being carried out by the National Assembly. The Speaker of the Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP, Abi) stated this during an
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The United States Agency for International Development Health Finance and Governance (USAID HFG) has blamed the slow fight against Tuberculosis in Cross River State on the state government. The state coordinator of HFG, Dr. Ibiam Azu, made this known Saturday in Calabar, the Cross River capital at an event to
By Isek Violet The chairman of the Cross River State Rice Company Management Board, Mr. Chris Ogaidang has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government has moved the state backward. Mr. Ogaidang added that Cross River has done Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari a favor by providing her best brains in his administration.
By Ilam Patricia The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, John Lebo (PDP, Abi) has said that he likes controversy. Mr. Lebo stated this Friday in Calabar, the State’s capital during an interactive session with members of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) where he disclosed that the State is
By Itiunbe Atunka CrossRiverWatch has obtained a list of gangstars suspected to have been the direct and remote cause of the renewed gang war in Obudu. The list was drawn up by the youths, Police, Chiefs and some elder statesmen CrossRiverWatch gathered after several meetings and public gatherings on Friday. The 8 man list consists
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A social critic, Mr. Paul Ifere has alleged that the Cross River State government has no rice to show for the NGN11 billion it received from the federal Government for the Rice Anchors Borrowers Program. Mr. Ifere made known his position while speaking as a guest on topical issues radio program, ‘The Dialogue
By Violet Isek A total of 56 agencies have been withdraw from tax collection in Cross River State as a means of making the State business friendly. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo broke the news about the Government decision over the weekend in what he called “Public Explanation” when