By Jonathan Ugbal:Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the growth of the state’s agricultural sectors through the licensing of its microfinance bank. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade stated this last weekend a Obanliku local government area while fielding questions from journalist shortly after
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade met with two All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts on Sunday in Calabar CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. They are former Minister for Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mr. Edem Duke and former Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The rising insecurity level in Cross River central has turned it into a theater of war says retired Police Commissioner, Mr. Lawrence Alobi. Mr. Alobi who is currently the chairman, Cross River Partnership for Peace and Security (CRPPS) stated this during a summit held over the weekend at Ikom located 214 kilometers
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it will engage the citizenry in Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers state in Uyo on Thursday as part of its bid to to garner the public’s opinion on true federalism. The committee on true federalism in a sponsored flier said it will be
By Jonathan Ugbal The Ebonyi State Government has sought the Nigerian Army to pay more attention to its border areas with Cross River State decimated by communal conflicts between communities of both states. Several communities have been at war in the past decade and the Ebonyi state governor, Mr. Dave Umahi told the Chief of
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Police Command has released the numbers of the police divisions under the Calabar area command for use by the members of the public. This is aimed at curbing crime and other eventualities often associated with the last four months of the year the Police said in a letter
By Jonathan Ugbal and Ogar Monday The 2017/2018 legal year was on Monday declared open in Cross River State by the acting chief judge, Justice Michael Edem. Justice Edem led staff in the judiciary to the sanctified Mount Zion church in Calabar for a thanksgiving service where he said that the notion that judges deliver
By Archibong Jeremiah, CALABAR SOUTH Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Atakpa Division foiled a robbery attempt by some bandits on Saturday, in Calabar. The robbers were caught up in a gun duel with men of the Atakpa Division at Bedwell Calabar South, while in the act, says a Police source that doesn’t want to