By Margaret John, House of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams has arrived Lagos State to for the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria. The roundtable for Speakers of State Houses of Assembly 2019 is organized by National Institute for Legislative and Democratic
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The immediate past Commissioner for Finance, Cross River State, Mr. Asuquo Ekpeyong, Jnr. has denied having any relationship with one of the Presidential candidates for the on-going election of the National Association of Cross River State Students (NACRISS). Disassociating himself from news making rounds that he’s sponsoring Awatt Eso and is bent
My constant assertion that Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is a threat to free speech and a free press in Cross River State has been challenged by some of his aides who also want me to proof my allegation with facts. The thing about this administration is that, in the same manner they
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Revenue consultants in Cross River State, Flourishing Vine Unique Services Limited has denied allegations that the State Government has lost over N1.01 billion as revenue to the activities of consultants. Tue Consulting firm was recently petitioned to the EFCC but a group under the name “Concerned Cross River State Indigenes” in an advertorial
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is set to make appointments, promising to reward loyal party members who delivered their polling units, saying “monkey work, monkey chop”. This was contained in s press release signed by his Chief Cress Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, stressing that the appointments will therefore, in
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Cross River Governor, Chief Clement Ebri has denied news making the rounds that he said the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winnifred Oyo-Ita is a victim of witch hunt by a cabal in the presidency. Mrs. Oyo-Ita is been investigated for alleged fraud dating back to when she
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Over two months after the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued a directive barring State Governments from tampering with Local Government funds, Mudiaga AfeA of Punch Newspapers reports that many Governors have yet to comply. When on May 6, 2019, the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued the “Guidelines to reduce vulnerabilities created by
The Nigerian Police in Calabar dropped their invitation for me at our office in Calabar yesterday (Friday) as I insisted. In case you aren’t abreast, I wrote an article about the Cross River State Microfinance bank in CrossRiverWatch and the Police say there is a complaint that the article is “conspiracy to cause a breach