by crossriverwatch admin The appointment of Hon. Justice Okoi Itam as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State has been confirmed by the State House of Assembly. This follows a request by the Acting Governor, Bar. Efiok Cobham via letter no DG/ CRS / S / 179 / Vol. ii / 503 dated 7th
by crossriverwatch admin The opposition Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has called for caution and restrain from members of the political class over the controversy trailing the Cross River State Governor’s health. The party in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Obono Obla obtained exclusively by crossriverwatch urged politicians not to allow
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development Mr. Patrick Ugbe has said that the state government will support the proposed All Cross Youth Summit, ACRIYOS coming up later in the first quarter of 2013. The Commissioner who stated this in an exclusive interview with crossriverwatch in his office in
by crossriverwatch admin There are indications that Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke may not return to the state after his two months leave in the United States of America. While some of his administration officials and some members of the state assembly and federal legislators from the state have continued to assure the public
The Implementation Committee on the Subsidy Re-investment Programme in Cross River State on Tuesday said it would provide 10,000 employment opportunities in the state in 2013. The state Chairman of SURE-P, Mr. Jarigbe Jarigbe, said this in Calabar during a workshop on the implementation of the programme in the state. Jarigbe said 5,000 unemployed persons
by crossriverwatch admin When the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke on the 4th day of October 2011, performed the launching ceremony and passing out parade of a hundred and twenty newly trained operatives of the Department of Public Transportation (D.O.P.T) at the Cultural Center grounds in Calabar, hopes were very high amongst residents
by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch has gathered from insiders in the Imoke administration that the governor will reshuffle his cabinet on his return from his medical leave in the United States of America. Since Senator Imoke left for the US about two months now, officials of the administration have continued to churn out conflicting statements as
by crossriverwatch admin Illiterate thinking should be discarded. It is anachronistic for some ill informed people to think that the presidency must be occupied by somebody from their back of the neck before they are satisfied. All this hullabaloo about Niger Delta presidency where has it taken us to? What has the average Cross Riverian