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Tough Call For Cross River Born AIG Joseph Mbu, As 24 AIGs Intensify Lobby For IGP Job

By CrossRiverWatch admin Having attained the mandatory age of 60years, the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase is likely to bow out of the service before June this year. This has however made the IGP hopefuls intensify efforts to be considered by the President. The Editorials exclusively gathered that the 24 Assistant Inspectors

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My Advice To Governor Ayade On Law To Prohibit Use Of Wood For Roofing In Cross River BY PAUL IFERE

“Our laws prohibit cutting even a single tree. I am now in the process of drafting a new law that will prohibit the use of wood for roofing. All roofing materials must be made of steel. When that happens the demand for timber will reduce”. -Governor Ayade Even though I support the use of synthetic

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Cross River State Superhighway: Matters Arising BY JOSEPH OKO ODEY

When the Ministry of Environment issued a stop work order on the construction of the Calabar – Ogoja superhighway conceived by Governor Ben Ayade and commenced after a ground-breaking ceremony by Mr. President some months ago, many celebrated it because in their minds, it is a fulfilment of their asinine predictions that the highway will

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Cross River Primary Health Care Agency Launches Website, Promises Efficient Service

By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), has launched her first ever website www.crsphcda.org as well as an interactive facebook page www.facebook.com/crsphcda The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Betta Edu told CrossRiverWatch that the website will provide a window of communication between the CRSPHCDA, the other MDAs, those the agency

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Lagos – Calabar Railway In 2016 Budget – VP Osinbajo Assures

By CrossRiverWatch admin In continuation of a series of scheduled nationwide and sectoral town hall meetings, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday took questions from 100 pressure groups at the Oranmiyan Hall of the Airport Hotel in Lagos, where he assured Nigerians that the Lagos – Calabar railway was safe and secured in the 2016

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Eastern Naval Command, Calabar Gets New FOC

By CrossRiverWatch admin   The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed a new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) which has its headquarters in Calabar the Cross River state capital. The Director of Information NN, Commodore Christian Ezekobe who disclosed this in a statement recently says the change is in line with

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FG Drags Cross River State To Court Over 260km Superhighway

By Our Correspondent In a move that will take many aback, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has dragged the Cross River State Government to the Federal High Court in Calabar seeking an order to stop any further construction work on the proposed 260km superhighway without carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment

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Ochicha Slams Governor Ayade’s Silence As Many Feared Dead In Cross River Communal War

Inyali Peter, Calabar A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the governorship candidate of the party in the 2015 general election in Cross River State, Mr. Odey Ochicha has slammed Governor Ben Ayade’s silence over the communal war between Onyadama village of Obubra local government area and Nyima and Nko Community of Yakurr

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