By CrossRiverWatch Admin Facts are beginning to emerge why indigenes of Obudu local government area of northern Cross River Tuesday, came out en masse for a rally to ensure the growth and development of the area. CrossRiverWatch gathered that appointees of the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade were the first to throw up the idea of
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Chapter Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (CRS-NIS), Dr. Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, has revealed that her body had put in over 10 million naira in the super-highway project, money which she said they are yet to recover. The Chairman barred her mind recently while speaking on a radio program
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The member representing Akpabuyo State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. Elizabeth Ironbar has said that the time has come for the physically challenged in Cross River State to stop being discriminated against; they should enjoy their rights like all other persons. Hon. Ironbar
By Ushang Ewa The immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Barrister Attah Ochinke has turned down an appointment from Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as the Chairman of the Cross River State Diaspora Fund Board. Ochinke who served as the Chief Law Officer of the state under Governor
By Inyali Peter The lasting solution to security challenges and restiveness in Nigeria lies in the hands of monarchs hence the need for Government to interface with traditional institutions frequently says Odey Ochicha, the Cross River State All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate in the 2015 general elections. “The peace and stability of this country is
By CrossRiverWatch admin By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Monday in Calabar, announced about 1,000 more appointments exactly two months after he disclosed to press men on August 25, 2016 during a media parley that he will appoint 300 more. This makes the total number of appointments 17 months
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An alleged fake army officer (Major Kola Elijah) has been arrested and is cooling his feet at the Obudu Police division for defrauding members of the public of money amounting to over a million naira. The culprit was arrested after complaints from those he had defrauded promising them admission into the Nigerian
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reviewed downward the Cross River State’s 2016 budget from an initial sum of N303,100, 000 (Three hundred billion, one hundred million naira) to the sum of N259,155,419,195 (Two hundred and fifty nine billion, one hundred and fifty five million, four