By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday left for Yaounde, the capital of the Republic of Cameroon as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s entourage to the country for bilateral talks on ways to combat the scourge of Boko Haram. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina in a statement, said: “The talks between
By Our Correspondent Senator Florence Ita Giwa, a former Adviser to President Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters, has commended the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, for his position on the plight of the people of Bakassi as presented to the Country Representative of the United Nations, Dikongue Atangana, in his office in
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent Hon. Elucate Ekom Okara, Chairman Cross River Staste House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petitions and Conflict Resolution has disclosed exclusively to CrossRiverWatch that his Committee has received several petitions from government establishments and citizens of the State requesting for investigation of the sale
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Benedict Ayade has approved the appointment of Dr. Ukam Edodi as the new Chairman of the State’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The appointment comes less than a month after the resignation of the former chairman, Dr. Peter Oti whom CrossRiverWatch reported recently was arrested
By Ikwen Atuaka/Iyaka Emmanuel The end of the three weeks old strike of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) in Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu, may not be soon according to recent findings by CrossRiverWatch. Sources reveal that after three weeks, the management is yet to meet the aggrieved union which embarked
By Ushang Ewa Traffic jams and rush hour to users of the only motorable road leading to Calabar the Cross River State capital is a recurring situation especially during the weekends. Cross River State governor Benedict Ayade was yesterday July 25, 2015 a victim of these phenomenon as his convoy got stuck in traffic around
By Ikwen Atuaka The ‘screening before payment’ method adopted for the payment of local government employees in Cross River state has been heavily criticized from several quarters with the Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE in Obudu, Comrade Ferdinand Ugbong also joining the dissenting voices. Ugbong made his stand known while speaking with
Recently, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) published the final list of successful candidates for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the year 2015. The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who also doubles as the Secretary to the Committee further announced that the new silks would