By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Akpong as the new General Manager of the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation publishers of Nigerian Chronicle. Mr. Akpong who was the Acting General Manager of the Corporation takes over from Barr. Gilbert Agbor who has now
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Member Representing Ogoja State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Odey has described gangstarism as “old school” and urged students of Ogoja extraction to desist from it as he is not aware of anyone that it has helped. Hon. Odey stated that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A group, Nigeria Youth Organization, Cross River State Chapter has called on Lafarge Africa, owners and operators of the Mfamosing line 1 and 11 to move their administrative headquarters from Lagos to Calabar where it was formally. This was part of the prayers sought by the group in a letter titled “Protest
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government requested the sum of 650 million Naira to put “finishing touches” to the necessary facilities required for the botched 19th National Sports Festival say sources in Abuja. This comes on the heels of the revocation of the right to host the games by the state as Sports
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today embark on a 6 day tour of Ikom, Obanliku, Bekwarra, Yala, Ogoja, and Obudu local government areas to perform groundbreaking ceremonies and Commissioning of projects. A released signed by his spokesperson, Mr. Christian Ita on Tuesday stated that the governor will
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondence The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has presented the 2017 appropriation budget before the Cross River State House of Assembly, at a seating held yesterday Monday 31st October 2016. According to figures reeled out by the Governor, the expected Internally Generated Revenue of the Government
By Archibong Jeremiah Dr. Gertrude Njar, Chairman Cross River State Branch, Nigeria Institution of Surveyor (CRS-NIS) has dragged the State Surveyor General, Surveyor Eyo Oku to the Federal High Court Calabar for alleged misconduct seeking damages of N50, 000, 00.00 (Fifty million naira) only. Our newsroom gathered from independent sources that in the suit (HC/456/2016)
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade failed to present the 2017 appropriation bill to the House of Assembly Friday morning as earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch. The protocol unit had Thursday evening sent messages that governor Ayade will Friday morning at about 7:30 AM present the budget to the 25