By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to position the Nigerian Maritime sector for efficiency to drive trade, the Nigerian Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency says it will in the next three days brainstorm in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to develop a document that will guide its operations and will be
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government Tuesday, signed a contract with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technology to make the capital city of Calabar Nigeria’s ‘first smart city’ through cloud technology over 22 months after a similar deal was struck with MTN. The Governor, Senator Ayade says the execution of the contract
By Inyali Peter The standard of education in Cross River State will improve measurably if Cross River representatives in the National Assembly invest 10 percent of their constituency allowances in the sector said Eyam Abeng, the president of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Alumni association while briefing newsmen recently in Calabar. “The task to
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born broadcaster, Wofai Samuel has been unveiled as the host of the 2016 edition of the West African Power Industry Awards holding at Lagos from November 23 – 24, 2016. The awards which seeks to reward players in the West African power sector is expected to draw over 200 professionals
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Government just released a complete list of the 200,000 graduates that have been employed under phase one of the government’s N-Power program. The list of selected/shortlisted candidates in various States of Nigeria and the FCT is now available on the Npower program website. Successful candidates have also been deployed in
By Elijah Ugani The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has concluded a one day seminar for reporters drawn from the print, electronic and online media in preparation for the “Wise-Up Campaign” scheduled to hold from December 1st to 31st 2016. The event was held at the conference room of the UNFPA office with 20 reporters
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seven host communities to Lafarge-Holcim cement company in Akamkpa local government of Cross River State have again threatened to shut down the company operations. The host communities are at daggers drawn with the company over alleged neglect of the people and non implementation of the 80% local content policy. Over 500 youths
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has vowed that it will deal decisively with trouble makers and that there will no longer be ‘Mr. Nice guy’ in resolving the unending communal war between Ediba and Usumutong in Abi local government area of the state. Ten youths were reportedly killed in renewed hostilities between