by crossriverwatch admin The three days warning strike by junior oil industry workers is causing severe hardship on motorists and commuters in Calabar the Cross River State capital. The fuel scarcity has hit the city since Monday following the strike by Natural Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, over their disagreement with major
by crossriverwatch admin The need for the Cross River State government to create a Ministry of Science and Technology to drive the industrial sector of the state has been advocated. Coordinator, Federal Technology Incubation Center Calabar, Mr. Edodi Unonoh made this call when he visited journalists as part of the center’s advocacy meeting with the
by crossriverwatch admin Few weeks after the Nigeria Meteorological Agency NIMET warned about excessive rainfall that may lead to flooding in parts of Cross River and some other States, the people of Calabar woke up this morning, Monday to meet flooded streets resulting from early morning torrential downpour. The rains which commenced around 5:30am on
by crossriverwatch admin As part of the civil service reform program of the Imoke administration, the governor said the best legacy he we wants to leave behind in the Cross River State civil service is to encourage merit. In his sermon-like message during the 2013 Civil Service Day celebration at the cultural center Calabar recently,
by crossriverwatch admin Modalities have been concluded for University of Calabar (UNICAL) to commence courses in Engineering and Pharmacy to meet the critical needs of the state and the country in those departments. Pro-chancellor and Chairman, UNICAL Governing Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this when the council paid a courtesy call on Governor Liyel Imoke
by crossriverwatch admin The first Nigeria oil and gas park will soon be launched in Cross River with the expectation of providing local contents employment to the people of Cross River State. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engineer Ernest Nwapa, disclosed this when he led his team to request for 20
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State has become the preferred investment destination in Nigeria with Private investment portfolio currently in excess of 2 billion Dollars which has generated employment for hundreds of people in the State. Mr. Gerald Ada, the Special Adviser to Senator Liyel Imoke on Investment Promotion who made the revelation in Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Bassey Otu, representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has declared that the State has an enviable history of occupying top positions in the affairs of Nigeria and therefore its present predicament occasioned by the removal of oil money from its share of national allocation has been turned into