By Jonathan Ugbal Asu Okang, the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development in Cross River State on Monday was questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force in Calabar, the state’s capital over the shooting of former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan son in-law, Godswill Edward. The invitation for questioning followed a petition
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State House of Assembly has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to within 180 days, conduct elections for the position of the member representing Obubra II state constituency reports Hit 95.9FM Calabar. This comes barely 2 weeks after the Speaker, Honorable John Lebo denied that the house has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Recently, the Federal Government in Nigeria released the second tranche of the Paris Club Refund to the 36 states of the federation. The states received varying sums ranging from as high as Ten Billion Naira for some states like Rivers, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Bayelsa to as low as a little
By Jonathan Ugbal The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) in Nigeria on Friday released a scanty report on the May 30, 2015 clash between personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Nigeria Police Force which left 2 policemen dead and 1 naval rating injured. DHQ spokesperson, Major general John Enenche who presented the report alongside that of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appointed CrossRiverWatch marketing manager, Mr. Emmanuel Etim as the Senior Special Adviser Creative and Knowledge Economy. Mr. Etim now joins the Ayade’s administration fully after been on the fringe and supporting it with incisive articles that have led to the creation of several Special Purpose
By Ushang Ewa John Owan-Enoh, the Senator representing Cross River Central in the National Assembly says he has engaged the National Boundary Commission in a bid to settle the frequent spate of communal conflicts in his constituency. Mr. Owan-Enoh stated this Friday while presenting his mid-term scorecard where he spoke on projects he had facilitated,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Permit me to begin this piece with a quote by former President Goodluck Jonathan who in April 29, 2010 at the launch of ‘one man one vote campaign’in Benin made the following statement “Political disempowerment is the foundation for economic and social exclusion and this exclusion is the key factor that promotes
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has confirmed the receipt of NGN6.075 billion for the second tranche of the Paris Club refund and says it will apply it to the payment of salary, gratuity and pension arrears especially for the year 2014. The Head of Service in the state, Mr.