By Margaret John: House of Assembly Correspondent and Efa Sunday The candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the position of the member representing the Yakurr/Abi federal constituency in the February 23, 2019 polls, Mr. John Lebo has said that he will only congratulate the winner of the elections, Mr. Alex Egbonna of the All
By Our Government House Correspondent Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has disclosed that he will reduce the size of his cabinet in order to ensure better service delivery. This is even as the Governor, in a statement released in Calabar on today, Thursday, directed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has for the second time in 20 months claimed that owning a website is becoming an “outdated” trend in information dissemination. Mr. Lebo stated this during an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch’s Margaret John and Efa Sunday on
By David Nsa Prof. Ikpeme A. Ikpeme has formally resumed as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Calabar, Cross River State. In a release signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs Department, Dr. Rosemary Effiong, made available to The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, Ikpeme who resumed in
By David Nsa Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, GCFR (Rtd) has called on politicians to see the urgent need to allow politics evolve. The former Head of State of Nigeria made the called while giving thank you remark at the 32nd convocation of the University of Calabar. He also charged all and sundry to be security conscious
By David Nsa The Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpeyong has refuted claims by critics of Governor Ayade’s administration, stating that the State Government under the current administration has not borrowed to service recurrent expenditure such as Salaries. The Finance Commissioner made the statement while speaking as a guest on a Sunday
Just like the popular axiom, when the cat is away, the rats play, such is the case of work at Governor’s office today Monday April 15th 2019. His Excellency, the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade travelled out of the State on Thursday 11th of April with a long line of escort vehicles,
By Ilam Patricia There was a little bit of drama at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday. Aliyu Umar, Lead Counsel of federal government in the trial of Walter Onnoghen, suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), argued with Zainab Duke, a lawyer on his team, in the full glare of the tribunal. The