by crossriverwatch admin There are clear indications that the current relationship between security agencies working directly in the Governor’s Office, Calabar, those on daily security patrol and Governor Liyel Imoke’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Alex Egbona has become frosty and brittle. This because for three months, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Alex
by crossriverwatch admin The Director General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Mr. Vincent Aqua has disclosed to CrossRiverWatch that the non passage of the edict setting up the agency into law is still hampering the smooth and effective running of the agency amidst the financial crisis the state is grappling with. He said
by crossriverwatch admin Calabar, the Cross River State capital city, is located in the coastal region of Southern Nigeria and has an area of 406 kilometres as well as close to one million people. As one drives into the city, particularly on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings, visitors and residents alike, are greeted by the
by crossriverwatch admin The All Progressives Congress, APC has announced the appointment of key officers into the South South zonal office of the party. In a statement issued in Calabar by the National Vice-Chairman, South-South of the party, Mr. Hilliard Eta listed the appointments/appointees as follows: Chief Godwin Takus – Chief of Staff/Director of Administration.
by crossriverwatch admin As the Northern Caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for the Saturday, September 6, 2014 screening of about 22 governorship aspirants from the northern senatorial district of the state, with each of them expected to give three hundred thousand (300,000) naira screening fee, competent sources informed CrossRiverWatch that the powers
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