By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the 21 megawatts power plant initially scheduled to be delivered this month will be completed in February 2017. Ayade had said in August that the facility will be ready by December to ensure 24 hours supply of electricity but failed to give
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba says there is need for Cross Riverians to close ranks and stop fighting proxy wars as this is the best opportunity to develop the state. “Let me use this opportunity for me to tell penchants of division, those whose only
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bank of Agriculture has commenced the verification of rice farms of the beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Program in Cross River State. Fidel Egoro, the Chairman of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin For the people of the Northern Senatorial Zone, that make up the five local government areas of Cross River State, a huge infrastructural light finally came flaming after several months of high hopes and great expectations that were nearly ruptured by 17 months of waiting, despair, frustration and cynicism. It was a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Oba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome. The territory was coveted by an influential group of investors for its rich natural resources such as palm-oil, rubber and ivory. The
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By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator John Owan Enoh, yesterday, December 4, 2016 kept his promise to give over 4000 students from his senatorial district educational support to cover registration expenses for WAEC, JAMB as well as tertiary tuition. The event which took place in Ikom local government in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has donated 160 vehicles to security agencies in the state in a bid to sustain its status as the safest state in country. Speaking at the presentation of the vehicles to service commanders in Calabar, Ayade said the gesture was a demonstration of his