By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade joined nine other Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to meet former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja Tuesday night. The meeting which CrossRiverWatch gathered began at a few minutes past 6:00PM had Jonathan’s private residence in Maitaima as
By Jonathan Ugbal All is set for the south-south public hearing session on electoral and constitution review in Calabar. The event billed for 10:00AM Wednesday (today), is to be declared open by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade with a view to ensuring the interest of Cross River State is protected. As at press time,
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Walter Onnoghen The Nigerian Senate may on Wednesday during plenary, confirm Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Justice Onnoghen was appointed in acting capacity on November 10, 2016 by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari following the retirement of former CJN, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed after attaining
By Jonathan Ugbal The Terminal Operator of the Calabar Port, Ecomarine Terminals limited (ECM) have accused the federal government of not keeping to their end of the bargain when the won the concessioning agreement to oversee the Calabar channel whose draft depth makes it more of a river port. The Managing Director and Chief Executive
By Ushang Ewa The Chairman, Governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has called on warring groups in the Niger Delta to embrace the option of dialogue offered by the federal government as the current administration means well for the region. This was contained in a statement issued by the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government has called for a review of the law that led to the privatization of power generation and distribution in a bid to ensure that all investments in the sector yield revenue for the state directly. The Directors General of the Due Process and Price Intelligence department and State
By Our Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has sworn in 30 new permanent secretaries with a view to ensure they use their experience to stabilize ministries, department and agencies of government and grow the state’s revenue profile. The permanent secretaries are senior civil servants who are appointed by the Governor and oversee the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Governments of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states have begun a reconciliatory process to end the differences between Ikot Offiong and Oku-Iboku communities which resulted in over a dozen deaths between December 2016 and February 2017. The deputy governors of both states met Friday in Calabar during a