On the 29th May 2015, in a pomp ceremony held in the so called Calabar International Conference Center, the Honourable Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, honourable Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam, administered the mandatory Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance on Senator Ben Ayade to become the 4th elected Governor
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again described the ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula by the Federal Government to the Republic of Cameroon as the most unconstitutional and most ungodly act in recent times. Ayade, who expressed this when he received the Chief of Naval Staff, Real Admiral
The hype that occasioned the emergence of the Professor, Senator, and now Governor of Cross River State has died down. What looks like scepticism has replaced enthusiasm. Online media propagandists of the governor have since withered like dead leaves carried by wind down the bottom of the mother tree. Their impatience to hit the ground
By CrossRiverWatch admin An extensive utilization of the Freedom of Information Law by Cross River born civil rights activist and APC Chieftain, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla is unearthing numerous details about how the finances of the state have been managed by the immediate past administration of Liyel Imoke. It will be recalled that the Cross
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has assured councillors in the state of payment of their legislative vote (allowances) which is in arrears. Hon. Lebo who gave the assurance recently when he received the Abi Legislative Council in his office, said that issues surrounding the
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has disclosed that plans are on- going for the establishment of a state micro-finance bank and an Enterprise Academy in Cross River. Hon. Lebo who made the disclosure recently, when a delegation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s
By Our Correspondent Mr. Joe Agi, SAN a PDP governorship aspirant in the last general election in Cross River State, has said that he is yet to notice any developmental strides in the State since Ayade took over as governor of the state. Agi who is seeking to remove Ayade in Court has also appealed
By Jeremiah Archibong The emeritus President of National Association of Cross River State Students, Cross River State College of Education Awi, Akamkpa chapter (NACRISS-CRSCOEA), Paul Ojie has become the first President in the history of the union to leave behind money in the treasury of the union for his successor. Paul disclosed that a total