By Our Editorial Team The land of Cross River State is very beautiful and so is the ineffable munificence which the Creator has so graciously endowed the ethnic nationalities, tribes and people which he has created and placed there. The many bodies of waters, lush and green forests stretching from the southern part of the
By Sylvia Etta Cross River State in 2007, when former governor, Mr. Donald Duke was leaving had accrued a total debt of 80 Billion Naira which was largely borrowed to finance the construction of Obudu Cattle ranch and the Tinapa Resort which has now failed and has been taken over by the Asset Management Company
By Albert Albert As days pass by, it is becoming clear that all is not well with the way the State is presently being run by the State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke. Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that apart from the non-payment of the salaries of civil servants in the state which has entered its third
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Government, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday launched and disbursed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund (MSMEDF) to 700 enterprises in the state. The disbursement exercise which was carried out in Calabar, the state capital, through the Cross River State Micro-finance and Enterprise
By Laureta Akpan The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has noted that credible election is not all about security but how INEC can handle a credible election. According to him, no registered voter should be prevented from casting their votes by INEC on account of not having the Permanent Voters Card. The governor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The sudden upsurge in the level of armed robbery and banditry in Calabar in recent has been acknowledged by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 6, Mr. Tunde Johnson Ogunsakin. The AIG disclosed that as a result, the zone is re introducing stop and search to mop up illegal arms
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Peoples Democratic Party governorship flagbearer in Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has maintained a lead in the CrossRiverWatch governorship opinion poll ongoing on the website after garnering 51% of the votes so far. He is followed in a distant second by the Labor Party Candidate, Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo who has also
By Okwo Kerry Over the weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital an armed robber and a police officer were killed with another police man seriously injured by several gun shots in a gun battle between the police and the robbery gang. This was made known to journalists at a briefing in Calabar by