By Cletus Ukpong, Premium Times Cross River State on Sunday recorded 20 cases of COVID-19 infection, the highest so far in the State. Prior to this, the State has remained at the bottom of the table since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed cases in the State is now 189 as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has cut short the four year tenure of the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Akin Ricketts. Mr. Ricketts, a former Commissioner of Information in Cross River State was appointed on March 10, 2020 alongside Muhammed Koko, Prof. Idris Abdulkadir and Onari Brown as Executive Directors.
By Ushang Ewa The family of Mrs. Mary Ugbome have petitioned the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force, Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS and the National Human Rights Commission to investigate her sudden disappearance on December 24, 2020. Mrs. Ugbome (nee Stephen Okoi), according to the petition, was last seen at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has asked the 29 Magistrates who were engaged by the State in 2019 from the private bar to forfeit their two years salary owed them. This was disclosed in a letter obtained by this Newspaper on Tuesday wherein the 29 Magistrates who were recently directed to stop
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s former top spy, Ekpenyong Ita has written the management of Max Air limited to add the Calabar aviation route in it’s operations. Mr. Ita who retired in 2015 as Director General of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS in a letter sighted by CrossRiverWatch and dated January 13, addressed to Max Air
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River has joined the rest of the country to mark the 2021 Armed Forces remembrance day in Calabar, the State capital. The event had the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade laid wreath for the fallen heroes of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. See pictures below.
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN No fewer than 28,000 youths across the 18 Local Government areas of Cross River State are been targeted to benefit from the International, Federal and State Government grants for a period of two years under the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) program. Mr. Christopher Anake, a representative
By Sulaimon Salau, Guardian Newspaper The Customs Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri has intercepted 5,200 live ammunition (cartridges of 30GR 70mm calibre) in Cross River State. The cartridges, said to have been intercepted on “credible and timely intelligence” on December 13, 2020 along Nwezenyi-Ikom Road in Cross River State, were concealed in other