By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Cross River Ports Authority, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa says the strides made by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade in infrastructure will transform the state economically. Giwa stated this in an interview last weekend while on an inspection tour of several projects in Calabar, the Cross River State capital
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today swear in Justice Michael Edem as the acting Chief Judge of Cross River State. Justice Edem’s appointment is pursuant to Section 271, sub-section 4 and 6 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria a statement issued by the
By Grace Orok The Cross River State government says it has commenced the installation of the long awaited digital printing press it procured. The government spokesperson and Commissioner for Information and orientation, Rosemary Archibong disclosed this in an interview with CrossRiverWatch also said the information ministry is working hard to procure satellite equipment for the
By Ushang Ewa A lecturer in the department of accounting of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) was gunned down Thursday night at his Amika Utuk by Uwanse residence in Calabar, the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Dr. Emmanuel Igbo Igbeng drove home at about 9:00 PM Thursday night with an unidentified female, he
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State came third behind Edo and Borno states with the highest air fares in February 2017, Transport Fare Watch statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show. The averaged air fare paid was NGN35,758, which makes it NGN130 shy of Borno’s NGN35,878 and NGN4,242 shy of that of Edo state
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government Thursday in Calabar said the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed 260km Superhighway presented by Cross River State government failed to meet international standards. The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organized by the ministry in Calabar and accused the
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government has announced plans to begin the feeding of 130,000 people in over 1,000 public schools in 6 weeks time. The schools targeted include Pre-Primary, Primary and Junior secondary schools and will “not exceed 150 pupils in primaries one to three in all public schools in the 18
By Jonathan Ugbal Ace Cross River entertainer, film maker and actor, Shan George says producing her latest movie ‘Ayade’ which chronicles the life of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was so tough she sees it as a victory from “a serious tough work.” She disclosed this in a telephone conversation with CrossRiverWatch after the