By Jonathan Ugbal Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has called on Nigerians to desist from hating their fellow countrymen especially the leaders as it is a means that will open the country up for greatness. Okorocha stated this over the weekend while in Calabar for an event to celebrate the Minister for Niger Delta affairs;
By Ushang Ewa Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says he has directed the immediate transfer of all Primary Health Care staff in the 18 local government areas to the Cross River Primary Health Care Development Agency following the conclusion of a staff audit which he approved. Ayade stated this Monday, in Calabar during a
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the 21 megawatts power plant initially scheduled to be delivered this month will be completed in February 2017. Ayade had said in August that the facility will be ready by December to ensure 24 hours supply of electricity but failed to give
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba says there is need for Cross Riverians to close ranks and stop fighting proxy wars as this is the best opportunity to develop the state. “Let me use this opportunity for me to tell penchants of division, those whose only
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bank of Agriculture has commenced the verification of rice farms of the beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Program in Cross River State. Fidel Egoro, the Chairman of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin For the people of the Northern Senatorial Zone, that make up the five local government areas of Cross River State, a huge infrastructural light finally came flaming after several months of high hopes and great expectations that were nearly ruptured by 17 months of waiting, despair, frustration and cynicism. It was a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Oba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome. The territory was coveted by an influential group of investors for its rich natural resources such as palm-oil, rubber and ivory. The
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