By CrossRiverWatch admin Frontline activist and opposition stalwart in Cross River State, Barrister Obono Obla has berated members of the national assembly from Cross River state for their in the removal of the N60 Billion Calabar-Lagos coastal rail line from the 2016 Appropriation. Media reports are revealing that the project which is one of President
By Our Correspondent The last may not have been heard about the brouhaha hovering over the 2016 Appropriation Bill which reports say the President has refused to sign until details are properly sorted out. The latest are reports of the removal of some of the President’s most critical infrastructure focus components of the budget by
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye says the state is fascinated about the Waste-To-Wealth (WtW) initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme of the project. “We are anxious to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), perfect it and are also determined to regain our status (as number one tourist
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Frank Edima and Ikwen Atuaka Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol is now selling for almost N400 per litre in Calabar the Cross River State capital barely 24 hours after the timeline earlier given by the Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu to end the lingering
By Jonathan Ugbal Investigations by CrossRiverWatch have revealed that there are about 4000 ghost workers in the Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State on payroll. This is even as the 18 PHCs across the state are suffering from acute staff shortage with official records showing that
By CrossRiverWatch admin Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President, has said that the Federal Government will soon commence work on the Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Calabar rail routes to boost economic activities within the nation. Osibanjo, in his keynote address at the First National Forum on Economy organized by Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation Newspapers,
By Ekong Okpa An attempt to broker peace between communities in Obubra urban of Cross River by member representing Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency Hon. Mike Etaba was distorted by irate youths of Owakande community in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River at the week end. The youths who are reportedly warming up for war against
By Our Correspondent Mr. Christian Ita, the Chief Press Secretary CPS to Governor Ayade has refuted online reports in some mediums (not CrossRiverWatch) that that is a cold war between his boss and his predecessor, Senator Liyel Imoke. In a statement issued in Calabar, Ita described the report as half-truth and the figment of the