By CrossRiverWatch Admin BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, HOLDING IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE ON WEDNESDAY THE 24TH AUGUST, 2016 INTRODUCTION I thank you for this great privilege to share my insight with you my learned friends and colleagues. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The governing council of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) is not aware of the suspension of the institution’s bursar, Peter Agi says the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the varsity, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Iwuanyanwu disclosed this in a telephone conference with a group of journalists in Calabar where he said
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government says it will use the Cross River Garment and Textile factory as a center for its skill development programs. Labor Minister, Chris Ngige stated this Thursday in Calabar when he visited the factory alongside the governor, Senator Ben Ayade. “From what I have seen here,
By Our Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration has proposed a bill that seeks to provide a legal backing and protect the rights of street hawkers even though the state has domesticated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The proposed bill, an opposite of the one proposed by Governor Akinwumi Ambode
By CrossRiverWatch admin I am not in the mood to write. Not been lately but a friend just provoked a little thought. We may sometimes think that the failure of Ayade will be recorded as a failure of Cross River North senatorial District to rise to the challenge of leadership in the state. I think
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent About 300 more appointees will soon be announced said Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Wednesday afternoon during a parley with journalists in the state. Ayade who said his decision to parley with journalists was borne out of the improved perception and media rating the state is currently enjoying
By Inyali Peter The Cross River State Government’s should consider privatizing the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) due to its inability to fund it said Etinyin Etim Edet, the chairman of the council of traditional rulers in the state during the institution’s annual stakeholders forum held Tuesday at the Calabar main campus of
By Ogar Monday Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says the state is basically a forest considering the fact thatit has one of the few remaining forest reserves in Africa and the highest in Nigeria. The Governor said this, Tuesday while declaring open the validation workshop of the United Nations Program on Reducing Emissions from