By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of gestures to encourage and support indigenous enterpreneurs who chose to return home to invest in Cross River State, the state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has promised that he will personally contribute to helping the businesses stabilize and break even. The governor said this while making a goodwill donation of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says, no fewer than 32 suspected trafficked victims have been rescued in Cross River State between the period of January 2016 till date. The State Comptroller of NIS Mrs, Funke Adeuyi, gave the figure in Calabar, the capital of the State, while decorating 45 newly promoted officers
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has expressed deep sadness over the unfortunate incident of the building collapse at the Reigners’ Bible Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, leading to loss of lives. Governor Ayade in a condolence message signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary,
By Our Reporter The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State has stated that it will not be involved in any form of transitional committee the State Government is proposing after the tenure of the 18 Local Government Chairmen expires. The party which described the non-conduct of Local Government elections in the State as
By Our Reporter The Special Adviser Inter Party Affairs to Senator Ben Ayade, Cross River State Governor, Mr. Austin Ibok has stated that the State Government requires a minimum of six billion naira for it to conduct Local Government election and that as a result of unavailability of funds, that has delayed the election and
By Ogar Monday The James Ene Henshaw Foundation has organized a 2 day Script and Project Development workshop tagged “Open Space” in Calabar for young persons in the creative sector to develop their art and coin it for performance. According to James Henshaw, Secretary of the Foundation, the training is “designed to kick-start the careers
By Grace Orok The Director General of the Greater Calabar Development Authority, Mr. Kingsley Ikpeme in an exclusive interview with our correspondent has said that the Calabar Metropolis would be expanded to cover Odukpani, Akpabuyo, Akamkpa, Bakassi and Biase. “The Greater Calabar Development Authority is an agency of the State Government saddled with the responsibility
By James Obongha Following the Local and State Government civil servants biometric verification exercise concluded by the Cross River State Government, it was able to save over 400 million naira after after weeding out ghost workers. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Peter Egba recently while speaking with