By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has described as critical, the need to address the restiveness that has characterized the Niger Delta region as a panacea for development. Ayade stated this when he received the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Sean Hoy and his team during a courtesy visit to
By Jonathan Ugbal Some business outfit owners operating along the popular Bedwell street in Calabar grumbled over the Environment Commissioner’s decision to sanitize the area. The Commissioner, Engineer Mike Eraye in the company of the CUDA boss Joe-Mary Ekeng and his counterpart in the State Waste Management Agency, Willie Okokon and some staff of the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Chairman, Cross River State branch of National Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Eyo Nsa has frowned at the process of teachers’ audit embarked upon by State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) calling it a ‘stinker’. He barred his mind recently in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch in the union’s Headquarters, Calabar.
I have for the past eight or there-about months watch very keenly with intense attention how the information of the Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ben Ayade has been managed by the Chief Press Secretary and Special Assistant Media, Mr. Christian Ita. Christian Ita’s method of managing the governor’s information machinery is what I
By Jonathan Ugbal The Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch.com, Agba Jalingo has lost his mother, Monica Ungie Ato Agba, to the cold hands of death. Late Mrs. Agba died Friday in Abuja after a protracted illness with family sources informing CrossRiverWatch that the burial has been slated for March 18, 2016. The deceased, a septuagenarian
By CrossRiverWatch admin It is mandatory for each state of the federation to establish a State Primary Health Care Agency, SPHCDA. This is in line with the provisions of the new National Health Act. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Ado Muhammed disclosed this while
By Clement Oto-Obong Chief John Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC has described Chief Clement Ebri, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, Senator Bassey Otu, Chief Sunny Abang, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba, Chief Fidelis Ugbo, Chief Francis Bullem, Hon. Paul Adah among others as the caliber of men needed to help clean the country.
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that the Institute for Technology and Management (ITM), Ugep would fully kick off soon. Hon. Lebo who made the remark recently during an over sight visit to the institute in Ugep, also said that serious measures