By CrossRiverWatch Admin Special Assistant to President Buhari on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono Obla has called on the Accountant General of the Federation to withhold forthwith, all monthly allocations to Cross River state following the failure of the state government to conduct local government elections as prescribed by the constitution. In a statement in response
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The House of Representatives yesterday adopted a motion sponsored by Mr. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State) on the urgent need to investigate the huge debts owed the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) by some major and independent oil marketers. Jarigbe had alleged that “there is a connivance
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has concluded plans to go into massive cotton cultivation in partnership with Central Bank of Nigeria. This was made known by the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Peter Egba in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch TV. His words: “The Ministry of Agriculture is actually going
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government is subsidising prices of foodstuffs such as rice, tin tomatoes, groundnut oil and sweet corn by as much as 40 percent to enable the residents of the state celebrate the coming Christmas with joy. The subsidy on the foodstuffs, which is already drawing traffic from even neighbouring
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has dissolved the leadership of the all the local government councils in the state except Bakassi LGA and has directed all the outgoing LG bosses to hand over to their respective Heads of Local Government Administration, HOLGA latest by Friday, December 16, 2016. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Linda Ayade is a medical doctor by profession and the Wife of the Governor of Cross River state. Some people have described her as the most beautiful first lady in Nigeria while others say she appears to be the most calm. In this interview with CrossRiverWatch in her Abuja home, the Founder
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state government is planning a massive reception to welcome the governor back to the state, Senator Ben Ayade from Abuja back to the state after his victory at the Supreme court over Barrister Joe Agi, SAN. A notice signed by the Secretary the State Government, SSG Barrister Tina Agbor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of gestures to encourage and support indigenous enterpreneurs who chose to return home to invest in Cross River State, the state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has promised that he will personally contribute to helping the businesses stabilize and break even. The governor said this while making a goodwill donation of