By CrossRiverWatch admin Mr Oscar Ofuka, Chairman, Cross River Cocoa Technical Management Team, has condemned the recent burning of the Benbege Cocoa Plantation and Settlement in Etung Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some unidentified youths from the area set the plantation and hundreds of building in
By CrossRiverWatch admin Over one hundred retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital are demanding for the immediate payment of their gratuity which has not been paid for the past five years. The retirees in a peaceful protest to the governor’s office carried placards with inscriptions like; we are demanding for the right payment
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again promised that the Calabar garment factory, one of his signature projects will be commissioned by the 1st of April, 2016. The garment factory which was earlier scheduled to be commissioned within the first hundred days in office of Ayade’s administration has seen delays
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Ben Ayade has commence talks with the United Kingdom on partnership in requisite skill training and investments in a bid to raise the required capacity needed to construct an alternative economy for the state. Ayade disclosed this in an interview at the site of the Cross
By CrossRiverWatch admin Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase and his Directorate of State Security Service counterpart, Alhaji Lawal Daura have been alerted to alleged blackmail and threats to the life of former Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation group general manager, Prince Goddy Jedy-Agba and his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Jedy-Agba by the Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Community Relations Officer for Obudu Local Government, Hon. Emmanuel Akwagiobe, has warned the people of the area against indiscriminate and uncontrolled burning of bushes for whatever purpose and more especially during this period of dry, hazy and chilly harmattan winds. He also condemned in its totality the rate of incessant fire
