By Sylvia Etta The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Stephen Oru, on Thursday, said that the ongoing expansion of the East-West road would cost one billion dollars (about N165 billion). Mr. Oru disclosed this in Calabar, Cross River State, during the graduation ceremony of the 2nd Batch of participants of the Identify, Train and Engage
By John Ushie Some members of the Cross River PDP Northern Caucus have confided in CrossRiverWatch that the battle for the PDP governorship ticket may just narrow down to “Legor and the rest.” Having zoned the governorship to the northern senatorial district of the State, the Northern caucus of the ruling party has been saddled
By Our Correspondent The Chief Press Secretary/Senior Special Adviser to Governor Imoke on Media, Mr. Chrisitian Ita today informed CrossRiverWatch that the Governor has picked Mr. Jude Ngaji as his new Chief of Staff. Mr. Jude Ngaji until his new appointment was deputy to Mr. Alex Egbuna who voluntarily resigned his appointment to contest for
By Aplefe Ojong Cross River State as a political entity among the comity of States in the Federation of Nigeria was created in 1967 as South Eastern state under the regime of Gen. Yakubu Gowon and later re-christened as Cross River state in 1976 by the Late Murtala Muhammed/Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo regime. In September 1987,
By Usman Abdullahi The management of Cross River State College of Education Akamkpa has introduced aptitude test for all students intending to lead the Students Union Government, SUG either in the parliamentary, executive or judiciary arm come 2014/2015 academic session. The aptitude test which was written in the college compound recently was supervised by the
By Archibong Jeremiah In an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch, Fidel Egoro, 2015 governorship aspirant in Cross River State shared says he has been chosen by God to govern Cross River State. Excerpt: What are your chances of winning the election considering how far you have gone with your consultation? I have the brightest chances. For
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of the Akpabuyo Caucus of the ruling People Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State have rejected the party’s southern senatorial district questionnaire/score sheet headlined: “Criteria for screening governorship aspirants” which was handed to caucus members to rate the governorship aspirants in the 2015 election. At the chapter’s screening of the
By Our Correspondent Cross River governorship aspirant and immediate past Special Adviser to Senator Imoke on Investments Promotion, Mr. Gerald Ada, has commenced intervention efforts at the very terrible Okpogrinya junction along the Ikom-Ogoja section of the Calabar-Ogoja-Katsina Ala federal highway. When the CrossRiverWatch and calitown.com crew passed through the road to cover the Cross