By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). They are former Head of Service, Mrs. Mary-Theresa Ikwen, Mr. Egbara Owan and Ededia Okpo-Ere; both legal practitioners as well Elder Edem Ita Edem. The confirmation followed the presentation of the report of
By Jonathan Ugbal The continuous delay in the dredging of Calabar Channel was caused partly by Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan whom following advice from former Transport Minister, Umar Idris allowed a company belonging to a Senator, Goodhope Uzodinma to hustle the Nigerian Ports Authority into a deal which saw it receive $12.5 million without
By Grace Orok The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has congratulated the contingent of the UNICAL International Demonstration Secondary School UCIDSS Craft House for placing first in a national science and crafts competition held last week at Enugu state. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu said the win at the Students for the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has reiterated its commitment to remain transparent and committed to the electorates saying it will stop at nothing to achieve building eighteen new cities across the 18 local government areas of the State. The state also gave assurances that it will abide strictly by the Public Private
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Police Command has paraded 25 suspects arrested for offences ranging from rape to attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms and fake currencies as well as assault on police officers, armed robbery among others. The suspects were arrested at different locations in the past two weeks, Police Commissioner, CP
By Ogar Monday: House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has in a resolution granted approval to the State Government to reschedule its outstanding Federal Government of Nigeria Bonds balance valued at N33,209,107,353.31 by an additional ten years thereby extending the maturity period from 2035 to 2045. The resolution followed the
By Ikwen Atuaka The Obudu local government chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees Thursday took to the streets to press home their demands for local government autonomy. Obudu, located in northern Cross River, is over 300kilometres north of Calabar, the state capital. The demonstration which took members bearing placards through major streets
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the organized labor in Cross River State has begun an industrial action. The strike commenced at exactly 12 noon on Friday a source told our Newsroom. As at press time it was unclear the issues on ground though a recent bulletin (4/2017) circulated a few days ago