By Our Correspondent The Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that the Country’s Constitution is one of the undoing of State Legislatures. Hon Lebo who was at the just concluded one day Consultative Meeting of House of Representatives Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs and Conference of Speakers held in
Oto-bong Clement/Ogar Monday The Girls Power Initiative (GPI) over the weekend organized the 2015 end of the year party and skills, arts and craft exhibition in its headquarters, Calabar Cross River State. Speaking at the occasion, the Calabar Coordinator of the organization, Mrs. Comfort Ikpi stated that the organization since it started in Calabar over
By Ikwen Atuaka A fuel station in Obudu has been reportedly razed to the ground with the Fire Service reportedly not taking action despite being located less than a minute drive away. The outbreak according to eyewitness accounts began in the early hours of Sunday when a tanker was discharging petroleum products into the underground
By CrossRiverWatch admin Arguments continued this morning over whether staff of the Calabar Urban Development Agency CUDA has been paid their outstanding salaries or not. It will be recalled that the staff made burn fires and blocked the Airport road in Calabar demanding to be paid their outstanding eight months salaries last week. The DG
By Ushang Ewa Sellers at the ongoing Calabar Festival Christmas village are currently fighting for space to keep their tables and chairs in what one calls the “hot zone” to boost sales which some say has been slow. The space been fought for is the small area located in front of the stage built by
By Our Correspondent A statement by Christian Ita, the Chief Press Secretary to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has announced that the governor has approved the appointment of 147 new persons into different positions of responsibility. In what one of the appointees described as “appointment bazaar”, 147 names were listed in the statement including
By Ushang Ewa Evacuation of waste by the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) has again stopped with waste piles visible across the city, CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the evacuation in Calabar South stopped long before that of Calabar Municipal council with residents suffering similar fate like less than four months
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, has called for a reform process to achieve Economic Democracy rather than the prevailing Political Democracy in the country. The Speaker expressed concerns that with falling oil prices and dwindling economic fortunes across the globe, Nigeria as a