By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it is set to redefine its signage and advertising agency as an outdoor regulatory body which will look beyond setting tariffs to creating jobs through skill transfer and building a fabrication industry. The deputy governor, Professor Ivara Esu stated this while declaring open the maiden edition
With Sony Abang, Ndoma Egba, Mary Ekpere, Clement Ebri, Usani Usani, Alex Egbona, Okoi Obono-obla, and several other heavy weights in the central senatorial district, in my judgement, the district will be an easy sway to APC in the next elections. Bassey Otu in Calabar will be a great force to reckon with. I will
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has resolved to put an end to the lingering feud between United Cement Company, UNICEM and its host communities (Akpabuyo/Akamkpa). The decision of the government’s was disclosed by Mr. Anthony Imoh, Special Assistant to the Governor on Local Content, during a courtesy call to His Royal Majesty,
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