By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Ben Ayade has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Mrs. Francisca Effiom. Ayade, in a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Mr. Christian Ita, says the termination is with immediate effect. The statement also adds that the Finance Commissioner, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch admin The All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State has released a statement announcing that members of the party’s National Working Committee led by the National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Oyegun, will be in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Saturday, February 13th to receive defectors from the PDP
By Our Correspondent The Governor of Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade has directed the immediate suspension of all taxes and levies currently being paid by taxi drivers in Calabar pending when government shall come out with a harmonized figure. Ayade gave the directive when members of the Cross River State Drivers’ Association, led by the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Executive Council (CRSEC) has announced that the state governor will forfeit 80 percent of his statutory salaries while each member of his cabinet will also forfeit 20 percent of their salaries to free up funds to pay more appointees. The construction of three model schools
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There are different definitions of what a cult or a cultist is but there is one particular definition by the free dictionary that I find particularly interesting. Among other definitions, the dictionary defines a cult as “An exclusive group of person sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.” When I read that definition, it
By Our Correspondent The Alumni association of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has lampooned the encroachment into the Institution’s land in Calabar by alleged land grabbers. This comes less than a month after staff and other residents in the Varsity’s staff quarters in the main campus protested over the same issue amongst others. The
By Ushang Ewa Following the decision of Cross River governor, Ben Ayade to expand his cabinet there has been clashes between some of his appointees over role definition findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Notable among these clashes are those between Youth and Sports Commissioner Asu Okang and Sports Commission Chairman, Orok Duke with the latter claiming