By Ushang Ewa No fewer than six people died Wednesday night after a tanker laden with petroleum products skidded off the road and exploded at Iwuru, Biase local government area of southern Cross River State. Iwuru is about 70 kilometers north of Calabar, the Cross River State capital and an eyewitness told VANGUARD’S Emmanuel Unah
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, commissioned the Skyrun Ultra modern freezers complex in Calabar and used the occasion to eulogize governor Ayade of Cross River state. The former President was back in the state for the second time in one month to commission the first industrial revolution freezer equipments, complete with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some dare devil armed robbers along 8 miles, Calabar, last night intercepted a black lexus jeep, snatched the vehicle from the owner and zoomed off. The robbers numbering about five and fully armed monitored the victim from where he went to see his younger brother in a nearby street around Ekoson filling
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The signing of the Bakassi deep Seaport transaction advisory service contract with Feedback infrastructure service marks a major milestone in the strategic action towards the realization of the vision for the construction of one of the signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade Administration of Cross River State, Nigeria. In the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted the Cross River State Government a power generation license for the construction of a 528MW floating power plant in the state. The license was handed over to a delegation from Cross River led by the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade in a brief ceremony
By Archibong Jeremiah The construction of 50 units of 3 bedroom bungalows for Bakassi returnees is currently threatened as the state and the staff are at loggerheads. The project is behind schedule and the Commissioner for Social Housing, Mr. Edem Effiom whose ministry supervises the project told CrossRiverWatch that this was because: “The level of
By Ogar Monday The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Cross River State Chapter has held a Unity Service/End-of-Year Thanksgiving at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Flourishing Parish Ekorinim in Calabar the Cross River State capital. Delivering his sermon, the State Chairman of PFN, Dr. Lawrence Ekwok reading from Matthew 1 verse 18 said
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Presidency and National Assembly Matters, Miss Divine Amina Arong, has emerged the new national deputy auditor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). She was elected alongside 22 other executive at the National Elective Convention of the party held