By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade defied torrential rainfall on Thursday to launch the accelerated agricultural development scheme (AADS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the state with a view to make farming more interesting. The scheme, Mr. Ayade said, is expected to put an end to
By Jonathan Ugbal An environmentalist, Mr. Santos Odey has called on the Cross River State government to act fast in the regeneration of the depleted forest reserve that surrounded the Lugard wall. The Lugard wall was a physical boundary that separated the northern and southern protectorates and serves as boundary between present day Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Offiong Edet Okon has been appointed as the new Acting Head of Department of Mass Communication in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH). He succeeds Late Dr. (Mrs) Obonganwan Edim, who died on Sunday, July 8, 2018. Dr. Offiong Okon is a seasoned journalist. He once served as Press Secretary to
By Our Reporter The Cross River State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) have called off it’s over two weeks old strike. According to a statement contained in a circulated NUT Bulletin 9 with no signatory, the decision to call off the strike emanated from an interactive session with the Governor of Cross
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government says it will commission a panel of inquiry into the crisis rocking the Erei communities of Biase local government area which has claimed about three lives so far. The deputy governor, Professor Ivara Esu stated this during an assessment visit to the communities where
By Jonathan Ugbal and Itiunbe Atunka Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Mrs. Abbey Ukpukpen the wife of the late state lawmaker, Honorable Stephen Ukpukpen has emerged candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the August 11, 2018 bye-election. The former beauty queen is said to have emerged unopposed as voting at the primaries held
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen has commissioned the new structure housing the Calabar division of the appeal court; the country’s second highest court. Established in 1999, the Calabar division of the appeal court has moved from a structure at Court road to another at the state housing estate and
By Efa Sunday The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Mr. Sunday Michael, has described the demise of late Hon. Steven Ukpukpen, former member that represented Obudu 1 State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, as pathetic. The Cross River IPAC Chairman said this in Calabar during the Town Hall Meeting organized by