By CrossRiverWatch Admin The plan by Governor Ayade of Cross River state to establish a shipping line for the state is getting a boost with the commencement of the process of hiring a Transaction Adviser, as well as application for the procurement of merchant cargo vessels and fishing trawlers for Cross River Shipping Lines. A
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Fubara Duke, State Director, Department of State Service, DSS, Cross River Command, has said the service recently arrested five persons involved in various cases of kidnapping in the state. Mr. Duke disclosed this on Thursday in Calabar while addressing journalists on the activities of the command in the last five months. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A community Ikot Okon Nyandi Nyoku in Efut Ekondo Clan of Calabar South local government area has declared its intention to relocate a Primary Health Care facility which is currently operational in the palace of the chief. Located at number 101 Whitehouse street (also called Dan Archibong street) in Calabar, the NYSC
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River House of Assembly has advised proprietors of private schools in the state to enhance the training, quality and specialization of their teachers with a view to improving the impact of knowledge on the students. Mr. Hilary Bisong, Chairman, Special Committee on Private Schools, gave the advice on Monday in
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born ace Nollywood producer Fidelis Duker recently joined the voices against the Federal Government’s decision to probe the staging of a reality TV show; Big Brother Naija in South Africa. Duker, a former President of the Director’s Guild of Nigeria Guild took to his Facebook page and questioned the rationale
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seventeen years ago, in the strive to support conservation and promote eco-tourism in Cross River State , the government engaged the services of the Green Heart Conservation Company of Canada to construct a Canopy Walkway in the Afi Mountain Forest. Considered at the time of its construction in 2006 as the longest
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it will in a couple of weeks sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Chad on the proposed Bakassi deep seaport. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade stated this Tuesday when he hosted some Federal Lawmakers in the state for oversight
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The House of Representatives has decried the deplorable state of federal roads in Cross River State with a promise to ensure that the state gets its fair share of appropriation in the 2017 appropriation in a bid to ensure smooth movement of goods and services. The House of Representatives