By Jeremiah Archibong The Cross River House of Assembly (CRSHA) has approved Governor Ben Ayade request for 35 Special Advisers. In its sitting today Tuesday, June 30, 2015, the House reminded the Governor to ensure that when carrying out the appointments, it should be done in line with the provisions of section 14 of the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The promise by the Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade that he will not require the state resources to finance his proposed signature projects seem to be taking shape gradually with the involvement of private investors who say they are confident that the governor has demonstrated enough clout
By Archibong Jeremiah The family of late Derek Maurice Ben who was killed on the 17th April, 2014 by men of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to the Cross River Anti-Robbery squad, has called on the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade to intervene in the matter and expedite justice. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, the
By Solomon Asha Primary School Teachers and Staff of the Unified Local Government System in Cross River State who have not been paid salary for three months can now heave a sigh a relief. This is because the State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has constituted a committee to immediately authenticate the Local Government payroll on
By Archibong Jeremiah Primary school teachers and other local government staff in Cross River State have embarked on an indefinite strike under the instruction of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT Cross River state wing yesterday Monday 29th June, 2015. When contacted, the State Chairman of NUT, Comrade Eyo Nsa Itam revealed that: “The strike
By Ogar Monday The University of Calabar from all indications is set to conduct elections into the various positions at the level of the Student Union Government (SUG) of the University, especially with the myriad of posters of aspirants that have flooded the school since last week. The elections which had been earlier scheduled for
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ has written to the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul, requesting them to commission an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the 2.4Billion Naira loan which the Cross River State government
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor Benedict Ayade led family and friends of the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ntufam John Okon to congratulate him on the occasion of his 63rd birthday. Ayade in a thanksgiving service at Lutheran church in honour of John Okon held in Calabar today