By Jonathan Ugbal Family members and sources in the Cross River State Police Command say Governor Ben Ayade’s aide on Cocoa Development, Mr. Oscar Ofuka has been moved to Lagos State after spending a night detained in Calabar. This was despite the Police Command saying he had been released following the manner which he was
By Ushang Ewa A former Works Commissioner and Chairman of Calabar South Local Government Area, Bassey Ekefre has said that the Federal Government (FG) would have been more interested in a railway project than the superhighway and deep seaport project Governor Ben Ayade discussed with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Mr. Ayade visited Abuja last
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River and his Anambra State counterpart, Willie Obiano were absent from a meeting of Southern Nigeria Governors Forum held at Lagos State on Monday where the Governors resolved on several topical issues in the country. This is the third time in less than two months Mr. Ayade
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An online news platform WikkiTimes has insisted that, its story detailing how the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) squandered a N1 Billion constituency project is true, accurate and credible. The investigation revealed how N1 Billion constituency projects nominated by the former
This is the first part of the reports on some communities in dire need of basic social amenities in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The focus here is Eha-Etiti under Nsukka East Development Centre. Nineteen years ago, Juliana Okoro was in labor and needed to be transported on a motorbike to a healthcare
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After a decade of hosting the career day conference of the Bridge Leadership Foundation, Calabar, Cross River’s capital will lose that to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The 11th career day of TBLF will hold on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the NAF Conference Center and Suites, Abuja, by 10:00AM, details released
By Agba Jalingo and Jonathan Ugbal Years after Nigeria privatized its power sector, the ghost of its corrupt past has continued to haunt consumers in South – South Nigeria. Despite repeated warnings, commitments and investments, Nigerians are yet to see improvement in the supply of electricity. CrossRiverWatch spoke to respondents in Akwa Ibom, Cross River
By Ntiedo Ekott, Premium Times Mrs. Grace Ebit, a farmer in Ibogo, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, recalls her childhood with nostalgia. After her father lost his job in the mid-1960s, she dropped out of school and the family struggled to get food. Her distraught father began to grow cassava and processed