The pictures in the news story with the floodlights in the background indicate that the Commissioner for Lands is referring to the site of the former Nigerian Navy Clinic close to the UJ Esuene Stadium. He claims that the Navy is building a hotel on that former site. Yet the last time I drove past
For the past four and half years, governance in Cross River State has been elevated to pure comedy sadly. Whether with budget presentation or provision of basic infrastructures, they are usually accompanied with so much fanfare and drama thereby reducing the seriousness that ordinarily should be attached to these solemn events. The name of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following public outcry over menace of potholes all over major towns and cities of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has said that his job as a Governor does not include mending inner city roads or potholes. In an interview he granted the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) International, Ayade said his tenure
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After a harrowing 179 days in Calabar Correctional Centre, detained journalist, Agba Jalingo on Wednesday relived his experiences in the facility, describing his incarceration as a huge lesson. Jalingo, who arrived the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos two days after his release, said he went on a six-
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 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 A Federal High court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar and presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. This was after Justice Simon Amobeda had denied him bail on October 4th and 30th, 2019 as well as 175 days after his
Again, Ayade Orders Government Officials, Aids To Stop Making Public Comments
By Archibong Jeremiah Again the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has warned Government officials and his aids to stop making public statements on behalf of himself or the Government. This second directive was contained in a press release by Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor and made available to our