By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has hailed Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan for ceding power after losing out on the March 18, 2015 presidential elections to Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Ayade stated this yesterday while addressing journalists at the Margaret Ekpo international airport in Calabar, the Cross River State
By Ushang Ewa Former Cross River Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has chided his incumbent, Senator Ben Ayade over his (non) performance. Imoke told an audience of teeming youths during the 7th edition of ‘The Bridge Leadership Foundation’ that people use to describe him as “The sleeping Governor,” when he was in office but that he
By Our Reporter Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has invited anti-graft agencies of the federal government and Non-Governmental organizations to monitor the bidding process for the proposed Cross River Superhighway after bids opened on Tuesday. Mr. Ayade stated this shortly after his arrival from Abuja, Wednesday where he disclosed that 71 companies have already
By Jonathan Ugbal Senator John Owan-Enoh has announced a town hall meeting with his constituents billed for tomorrow (Friday) where he will present his mid-term scorecard. The First Term Senator had recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress with insiders telling CrossRiverWatch that he has developed new strategies to keep
By Ushang Ewa Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi,has accused his Cross River State counterpart, Benedict Ayade of frustrating all Peace efforts being made by the government and people of Ebonyi state towards resolving the persistent crisis resulting from the boundary dispute between Izzi and Obubra local governments areas of both states respectively. The INDEPENDENT reports
By Jeremiah Archibong The body of an unidentified teenage girl has been found at Henshaw Town primary school, Egerton, Calabar South. According to a resident who spoke to our reporter, Mr. Celestine Ogbedu “We found her here on Friday 14th July, 2017 morning”. Furthermore, he said that according to words going round in the neighborhood
By CrossRiverWatch Admin One interesting component about the English Language is that a single word can have more than one meaning and its meaning varies depending on usage and context. Now the generic word for this conversation is “cult”. Below the word is defined. According to Cowan Douglas, E (2003) in a publication titled Bearing
By Ushang Ewa Former Cross River Attorney General, Barrister Attah Ochinke has said that the exclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the 2013 council elections held in the state was due to the fact that the party had ran out of time due to merger talks to field candidates for the