By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House Of Assembly has postponed confirmation of the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme earlier scheduled for today. Speaking to newsmen, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Francis Bassey (Odukpani) said the decision to postpone the confirmation was taken by members at an executive
By CrossRiverWatch Admin None of Nigeria’s 36 States could fully fund their 2019 budget with funds they received from both the federation account and internally generated revenues. In most cases, the funds couldn’t pay up to 50 per cent of their expenditures, writes Chineme Okafor and published by This Day Newspaper. A new quarterly report
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A piece of land belonging to the Nigerian Navy and meant for the construction of a Navy Hotel has become a cause of friction between the Navy and Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The land which originally housed the Navy officers mess was being prepared for construction when the State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Government has ruled out refunding the N20 billion the Governor Ben Ayade administration is spending on the Tinapa-Odukpani junction dual carriage and the Odukpani junction spaghetti flyover in Cross River State. The State has in the past two years struggled to fix the 16.7 kilometre dual carriage and the flyover
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Academy of Science at its Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Thursday, February 6, appointed a professor, Ekanem Braide, as President-elect reports Premium Times. Professor Braide served as the first Vice Chancellor of the Cross River University of Technology shortly after it was created and following the removal of
By Ushang Ewa Justice Simon Amobeda who presides over court 2 of the Calabar division of the federal high court will tomorrow (Monday) hear for the first time, a case instituted against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state by constitutional lawyer, First Baba Isa over the creation of aviation, foreign affairs and solid minerals
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist who is facing trial for alleged crimes of terrorism and cybercrime will on Wednesday return to the dock after 55 days of lull in his prosecution. Agba last appeared in public and in Court on December 12, 2019 when the trial judge, Justice Simon Amobeda granted
Agency Report The Cross River State government is seeking the removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks to enable the current administration access the basic health care provision fund. The fund is a constitutional provision which requires that one percent of the consolidated revenue is set aside for basic health care. And, the Commissioner for Health in the