by crossriverwatch admin The Governorship ambition of the last man among the ‘three wise men’ of Cross River State, Chief Gershom Bassey might have been permanently put on hold until after the eight years tenure of the governor that will emerge from the northern senatorial district of the state. Sources close to CrossRiverWatch revealed that
by crossriverwatch admin President Goodluck Jonathan today said in Calabar that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed for the construction of a railway line from Lagos to Calabar. The President promised that the rail line will be extended to the Obudu Ranch Resort. The President was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of the
by crossriverwatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch say 18 out of the 25 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have asked the Speaker of the House Hon. Larry Odey to resign or face impeachment. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the crises started after the approval of the resolution that the governor sent to the House
by crossriverwatch admin The Paramount Ruler of Calabar South and Muri Munene of the Efuts has prayed that it shall not be well with those who sold out the Bakassi Peninsula under the guise of respecting the judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ. The Monarch who was speaking at the 2nd Year Anniversary
by crossriverwatch admin The police in Calabar have asked the wife of a Vehicle Inspection Officer, VIO who disappeared on his way to work on the 15th of May, 2014 to buy an ‘investigation tracking machine’ worth N450,000 for the police to facilitate their investigation into the disappearance of her husband. CrossRiverWatch had in May,
by crossriverwatch admin As criticisms continue to trail the approval by the Cross River State House of Assembly for the government to raise a N40b Bond, the governor has explained that the Bond is not to raise fresh loans but to renegotiate the existing debt and spread the repayment period over a reasonable time and
by crossriverwatch admin The President of the National Association of Cross River State Students, World Wide, Comrade Philomina Agweye has taken the message of sensitization on the prevalence of Ebola virus to tertiary institutions across the state. The recent exercise saw the President of the Union visiting the University of Calabar; Cross River University of
by crossriverwatch admin News reports of our Governor getting approval from the Cross River State House of Assembly to raise a bond for the sum of N40bn to finance various projects of the state government are thoroughly alarming. 2. Ordinarily, taking a Bond or other loan to finance projects is routine in government. But juxtaposed