By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has bagged the Tell Magazine Governor of the Year award for 2016. This is coming barely two months after the governor was conferred a similar award as Vanguard Governor of the Year award for 2016 by the Vanguard newspapers limited. Speaking while presenting Ayade the
By Ushang Ewa Senator Gershom Bassey has said the passage into law of the petroleum industry governance bill (PIB) will among other things, reduce Nigeria’s importation of petroleum products by up to 60 percent. Nigeria currently imports most of its petroleum product needs with the huge subsidies often depleting reserves, which coupled with corruption has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will on democracy day declare open the Job Creation Commission as part of activities marking his second year in office, a statement from Government House Calabar says. The commission will help address the problem of youths unemployment as the job center will be keeping a robust
By Jonathan Ugbal There was a mild drama in the Nigerian Senate Plenary on Tuesday when Senator John Owan-Enoh informed the house that he has formally “resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)” Owan while saying he led his supporters to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at his native
By Nandi Bette YESTERDAY Behind close doors they decided our fate. Pawns on their Chess Board. we became. YESTERDAY In our absence, our heads got shaven. Behind our backs They gave us a king. YESTERDAY From the opulence of their comfort abodes amidst popping of Champagne and clicking of glasses they toyed
By Ushang Ewa The defections of Senators John Owan-Enoh and Florence Ita-Giwa from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State to the All Progressives Congress is timely says the National Vice Chairman, South-South of the APC, Hilliard Eta. “Senator John Owan-Enoh is of the progressive bend but had unfortunately found himself in
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Governments of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states have said they will in the coming months explore areas of economic integration in a bid to shore up revenues. This comes on the heels of the approval of for the total reconstruction and dualization of the Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekpene road
By Jonathan Ugbal Kidnapped Cross River Water Resources Commissioner, Gabriel Odu-Oji has been released. Sources say he was released in the early hours of Monday exactly 31 days after he was kidnapped at his lovers apartment at Mayne Avenue in Calabar South local government area on April 8, 2017. Details concerning his release remain shrouded