By CrossRiverWatch admin The botched visit of President Mohammadu Buhari to Cross River State may have cost the state 200 million Naira according to reliable government house sources. President Buhari was billed to visit Calabar tomorrow, 21st of September to perform the ground breaking ceremony for the 240km superhighway from Calabar to Obudu in the
By Jonathan Ugbal The ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula should not have taken place because the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is not binding or enforceable says Elder Andem Antigha, a community leader in Bakassi local government area who also urges President Muhammadu Buhari to revisit the issue. Antigha who is also
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State government may soon begin the public auction of old and irreparable vehicles to fund the purchase of new ones CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered just as the Government House Press Corps has suffered immobility due to vehicle breakdown for over a fortnight. Sources in the governor’s office say it
By Inyali Peter Cross River state youths have called on private companies operating in the state to create more jobs for indigenes of the state to curb unemployment in the country. The youths who were speaking under the aegis of Forum of Past Union Leaders (FOPUL) made the call during an interaction with Governor Ben
By CrossRiverWatch admin Recently Senator Benedict Ayade marked 100 days of his administration in office. The governor used the occasion to reiterate the commitment of the government to actualize the Signature projects of his administration which include Cross River State Deep Sea Port and the Superhighway which will serve as the evacuation route for the
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has described late Chief HID Awolowo, wife of the first Premier of Western Nigeria, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as a true Amazon who left her imprints in the sands of time. In a condolence message by his Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary,
By Frank Edima The Nigerian Army in Bakassi LGA has commenced intensive search to fish out militants marauding the community on bikes with dangerous weapons. CrossRiverWatch gathered that some militant groups in Esighi, Bakassi hijacked a Cameroon bound boat filled with new motorcycles on the sea, sometime in August and sold the bikes at cheap
By Jonathan Ugbal The renovation of the New Cafeteria complex of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Calabar is yet to be completed three years after the contract documents were signed by the immediate past administration of Senator Liyel Imoke, CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Former governor Liyel Imoke had in September 2012, awarded a contract