by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke yesterday swore in 14 Permanent Secretaries. Of the 14 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries, four are women. Performing the ceremony at the state Council Chambers, Calabar, the state capital, Imoke charged the new permanent secretaries to remain firm on his administration’s policy thrust as well as
by crossriverwatch admin As EbonyLife TV presents star singers Banky W and Tiwa Savage as anchors of a talk-show program, it has reinforced its homegrown entertainment programming. In The Banky & Tiwa Show, which comes on air on Tuesday nights, the artistes come together to do something outside music as they and their guests deal
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the 2014 appropriation bill into law, approving the sum of N 180.14bn for the fiscal year. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation and Finance, Mr. Jacob Otu-Enyia, on Wednesday said the approved figure showed a variance of N3.83bn He said a total
by crossriverwatch admin Nineteen people including the drivers of a bus and truck were amongst those killed in an auto crash along the devastated Calabar – Uyo highway on Wednesday evening when an Onistsha bound bus collided two trucks. The accident, an eye witnessed, Peace Monday told CrossRiverWatch occurred when a Cross Link bus ferrying
by crossriverwatch admin Activities at the University of Calabar Teaching Houspital Calabar UCTH were on Thursday brought to a halt as doctors on housemanship launched a protest following the death of their colleague who was involved in a ghastly motor accident and allowed to die because of strike by hospital workers which shut down the
by crossriverwatch admin Brigadier General Okwudili Azinta, the outgoing Commander of 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army said Wednesday in Calabar that 36 petroleum tankers and six “Cotonou’’ boats used in oil bunkering in Cross River were destroyed while he was in charge of the Brigade. Brig. Azinta who was presenting a scorecard of his
by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Essien Ayi, the member representing Calabar South, Akpabuyo and Bakassi in the House of Representatives has called on the PDP which he is a member to sit up if disaster must be averted. In an interview with CrossRiverWatch, the rep said: “Well, it is true that, we have had a lot
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has concluded the election of its Interim Working Committee. In an election that held on Monday in Etaval Hotel, Calabar the State Harmonisation Committee elected a former Member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honourable Victor Okon as the