By Our Reporter The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has expressed concern over the blockage of its Calabar office resulting from construction works at a site in Diamond Hill allegedly grabbed by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to build his private residence. The site is located behind the Hope Waddel institute and the former
By Ushang Ewa The design for the completion of the Oron-Calabar axis (section 5) of the East-West road has commenced by the contractors handling the project. Vanguard reports that the contractors; Amana Consortium Limited and Etteh Aro and partners met with traditional rulers in Oron and Calabar to solicit their support during the execution of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the 260km Cross River Superhighway, Governor Ben Ayade has directed that all contractors handling the project should return to site within the next one week. Work on the Superhighway has been stalled following the inability of the state government to get the nod
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Ministry of Environment minutes ago handed the final copy of the approved Environmental Impact Assessment report to the Cross River State government, signaling what the governor said will be immediate return to site to commence work. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bukar Hassan, handed the approved EIA report
“I have since found out that public service is boring, lethargic, dull, retrogressive and pathogically corrupt.” -Chief Okoi Obono Obla, Special Assistant, Prosecution to President Buhari. Chief Okoi Obono Obla is one man I regard till today as the greatest contemporary activist from Cross River state. He is one of the pillars behind the success
By Peter Inyali i Former Cross River State Security Adviser, Dr Young Eta on Monday survived a suspected assassination attempt in his Diamond Hill home in Calabar. Eta who served as a State Security Adviser between 1999-2003 under former governor Donald Duke is a retired operative of Department of State Security Services (DSS). Narrating his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Last year, I wrote a similar treatise on the incessant strike actions by organized labor in Cross River State and more than a year after my perspective on the issue, nothing has changed. Last week, labor leaders in Cross River State called workers of the state government out on a strike action
By Jonathan Ugbal The organized labor in Cross River State Wednesday defied the ‘No Work No Pay’ directive of the Cross River State Government on Day 12 of the indefinite strike action which has crippled economic activities in the state. Members of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Negotiating