by crossriverwatch admin Trouble is brewing in the Obudu People’s Democratic Party, PDP, chapter executive as members are demanding for the sack of the chapter chairman, Mr Agba Augustine Ugar on allegations of fraud and breach of the party’s constitution. A petition sent to the State Chairman of the party, Ntufam John Okon made available
by crossriverwatch admin Consultants in the University of Calabar teaching Hospital, UCTH, have proceeded on an indefinite industrial action following the non-payment of the their allowances since February this year. The strike by the consultants called under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants Association Of Nigeria, MEDICAN has paralysed activities at the hospital as
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has charged the Nigerian Navy to ensure that the Naval Referral Hospital in Calabar, which construction began about 35 years ago is completed and put to use within the life time of the present administration. Imoke gave the charge when the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC)
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly on Thursday granted Senator Liyel Imoke’s request to withdraw the sum of N1.5billion from the Cross River State Reserve Fund for the execution of projects in the educational sector. Hon Jacob Otu-Enyia, Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, while presenting the report to the House
by crossriverwatch admin Young Entrepreneurs are set to emerge from the Cross River North Senatorial District as fifty persons sponsored by Sen. Ben Ayade the senator representing the Cross River North District have passed out of an accelerated enterpreneursship traning from the Central Bank Enterprenurship Development Center in Calabar. The intensive Entrepreneurship training which started
by crossriverwatch admin Mrs Obioma Imoke, wife of the Cross River State governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has in the last one year facilitated N98.37 loans for women cooperative societies in Cross River State to aid them in agricultural activities. Mrs Imoke who facilitated the loan through one of her women empowerment programs, Project AWAKE, saw
by crossriverwatch admin A Speeding truck hours ago crushed a Nissan Maxima belonging to the Cameroon Consulate along Marian Road in Calabar while trying to escape men of the Federal Road Safety who had mounted a roadblock close to the Calabar Municipality gate. The accident which took place under the Marian Road pedestrian bridge that
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has commended Dansa Agro Allied Products Limited for the Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) projects it carried out for its host communities in the state, saying that the company had invested billions of naira to boost the agricultural sector within Akampka Local Government Area. The Governor who