By Jonathan Ugbal The continuous delay in the dredging of Calabar Channel was caused partly by Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan whom following advice from former Transport Minister, Umar Idris allowed a company belonging to a Senator, Goodhope Uzodinma to hustle the Nigerian Ports Authority into a deal which saw it receive $12.5 million without
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has reiterated its commitment to remain transparent and committed to the electorates saying it will stop at nothing to achieve building eighteen new cities across the 18 local government areas of the State. The state also gave assurances that it will abide strictly by the Public Private
By Ogar Monday: House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has in a resolution granted approval to the State Government to reschedule its outstanding Federal Government of Nigeria Bonds balance valued at N33,209,107,353.31 by an additional ten years thereby extending the maturity period from 2035 to 2045. The resolution followed the
By Ikwen Atuaka The Obudu local government chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees Thursday took to the streets to press home their demands for local government autonomy. Obudu, located in northern Cross River, is over 300kilometres north of Calabar, the state capital. The demonstration which took members bearing placards through major streets
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the organized labor in Cross River State has begun an industrial action. The strike commenced at exactly 12 noon on Friday a source told our Newsroom. As at press time it was unclear the issues on ground though a recent bulletin (4/2017) circulated a few days ago
Time over time, the saying that “there is time for everything under the sun as stated in the bible has consistently proven to be infallible and immutable in all spheres of human existence and human endeavors. Throughout the bible, evidences abound that points to the veracity of powers, authority and leadership (both secular and spiritual)
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River born former President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Mr. Yakubu Shendam has emerged the National Chairman of one of the newly registered political parties, New Generation Party, NGP. The NGP is among the five new parties that INEC recently registered. An elated Mr. Shedam who hails from Obubra
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Jedy Agba aura is in the air again in Cross River as elections draw near and it is understandble. He has always been the King of Boys, a sobriquet he earned by his magnetic and kind nature dating way way back. Those who know, say Jedy plans to unseat governor Ayade