by crossriverwatch admin Illiterate thinking should be discarded. It is anachronistic for some ill informed people to think that the presidency must be occupied by somebody from their back of the neck before they are satisfied. All this hullabaloo about Niger Delta presidency where has it taken us to? What has the average Cross Riverian
by crossriverwatch admin The Minority Leader of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Alex Irek (ACN, Obubra) has vowed that his party will win over some local government councils from the PDP in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Hon. Irek who is the only opposition member in the twenty two
by crossriverwatch admin As this year’s local government election and the 2015 governorship election approaches, politicians in Cross River State seem to have also upped their political activities. Not a few of them have resumed oiling their political structures ostensibly in preparation for this year’s Local Council elections as well as the 2015 governorship pools.
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River state Government spent the sum of N1.2 billion on the provision of laboratory equipment in 60 Schools in the year 2012. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong Offiong disclosed this recently in Calabar, the state capital. Offiong said the expenditure was in accordance with the State Government’s resolution to
by crossriverwatch admin Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has declared the Bakassi citizen as the Person of Year 2012. In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah and Comrade Timi Igoli, Coordinator and Secretary General respectively of IMG, the Ijaw said: “The recognition was necessary to assure the people of Bakassi, whose land and people were ceded
by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has given scholarships to over 540 undergraduates and post graduate students especially the indigent ones from the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State. Senator Ndoma-Egba who disclosed this in an interview after presenting Christmas and New Year gifts to the six Local Government Areas that
by crossriverwatch admin Acting Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Efiok Cobham has called for unity among the people and residents of the state in order to surmount the challenges facing the state. Cobham in his New Year message said that with unity there would be great difference in the state, in the lives of
In what seem like a spirited attempt by Cross River senators to clear the air over rumours of governor Imoke’s ill health and death, Senate Leader Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has joined his colleague Senator Ayade to debunk the rumour going making the rounds in Cross River State that Governor Liyel Imoke has passed on.