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FG Approves Joint Venture Partner For Calabar Channel

by crossriverwatch admin The federal government has approved a new joint venture (JV) partner for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the dredging of Calabar port channel. Managing Director of NPA, Alhaji Habib Abdulahi, who confirmed this to journalists in Lagos, said the JV will not start until issues surrounding the controversial dredging contract were

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2015: Jedy Agba Associates Petition Muazu, PDP National Working Committee

by crossriverwatch admin Political associates of Goddy Jedy Agba, a governorship aspirant in Cross River state have petitioned the National Chairman of PDP, Adamu Muazu and other members of PDP National Working Committee over the ‘persecution’ that the governorship aspirant is facing in the state. In the petition signed by Imoke’s erstwhile Commissioner for Environment,

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Cross River 2015: Where Are The Aspirants?

by crossriverwatch admin One thing is certain in the politics of silence currently pervading the political landscape in Cross River State and that is the reality that, like the other thirty five states in the country, on May 29, 2015, Senator Liyel Imoke, the governor of the state would vacate office and handover to another

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Corruption Is Impeding Fight Against Boko Haram – Arch Bishop Ukpo

by crossriverwatch admin Corruption has taken over every aspect of Nigeria’s national life and unless it is rooted out, the country will find it difficult addressing its current security challenges. Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Arch Diocese of Calabar who made the declaration in Okpoma, the Yala Local Government headquarters

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Cross River State Plans To Sell Five Cocoa Farms

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State, Nigeria’s second-largest cocoa grower, has concluded plans to sell five government-owned farms in a bid to boost production of the commodity with private investment. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg, the Executive Secretary of Cross River State Council on Privatization, Dave Amiye, said bidding for the cocoa farms which

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Calabar: Two Britons In Detention For Oil Theft

by crossriverwatch admin Two British citizens allegedly involved in the stealing of crude oil in the Niger Delta have been arrested and now presently being detained in Bayelsa state. The Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Paulo Shied, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, who assumed office about two months ago, revealed this to the Cross

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Imoke Foundation Graduate 80 Trainees In Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF)- a non-profit leadership and mentoring foundation established by Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has graduated eighty trainees under its annual Graduate Employability Training (GET). The annual graduation according to the organizers is committed to building generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and

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Imoke Calls For Stringent Law On Oil Theft

by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State yesterday called for the strengthening of the legal framework to ensure those involved in petroleum oil theft are adequately punished. Imoke made the call while receiving the Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Petroleum oil theft (Operation Pulo Shield) Maj. General Emmanuel J.

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