By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Electronic Media, Beatrice Akpala, has denied sending her brother, Paschal Akpala to accost and beat up film producer and actor, Lilian Igbang. Akpala told CrossRiverWatch in a message that she had no hand in the incident but did not deny nor confirm whether her
By Aplefe Ojong In what appears like a Christmas gift, 124 new appointees have been announced by governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. A statement obtained from the governor’s office indicate that the governor has approved the 124 names for various appoinments but portfolios will be assigned by 2018. These haul takes the total tally
By CrossRiverWatch Admin You say it… “Our rice and other agricultural produce if properly utilized will boost our economy; we need to encourage the farmers in the rural areas in particular to commercialize their farm produce and encourage more access roads which agriculture will hardly thrive without. “We need to empower our people to utilize
By Eba Ishmael Senator John Owan-Enoh has been backed by the Women Impact Network (WIN) to run for a second term in office as the Senator representing the central senatorial district of Cross River State in the National Assembly. Owan-Enoh who was nicknamed “Johnwin” by the association got the backing recently during the commissioning of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former two term federal legislator, Honorable Paul Adah has decried the tearing down of Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State where he and the incumbent Governor Ben Ayade hail from. Mr. Adah who declared his intention to run for the Gubernatorial position in the 2019 general elections on the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government will spend about NGN3 Billion for the 2017 Carnival Calabar and Festivals sources in Government House say. A breakdown of the figure shows that the five competing banks in the Carnival alone will share NGN500 million at NGN100 million apiece as subvention while the Governor’s band also
By Inyali Peter Ahead of the 2019 general elections, former House of Representatives member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency, Mr. Paul Adah has met with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogoja in a bid to clinch the party’s gubernatorial ticket in 2018. Mr. Adah had last weekend announced his intention to contest and
By Jonathan Ugbal The call by the Cross River State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade to resign, has been described as exercise oiled by a NGN100 million financial inducement. Dismissing the call by IPAC, The Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayade, Mr. Linus Obogo said