A few weeks back, upon closing from the office on a Friday, I went to Bedwell street in Calabar, Cross River State to purchase tyres to replace the ones for my Sport Utility Vehicle, something I do annually, and to my chagrin I was asked to pay a whooping N25,000 for each of the tyres.
By Ikwen Atuaka/Iyaka Emmanuel The end of the three weeks old strike of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) in Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu, may not be soon according to recent findings by CrossRiverWatch. Sources reveal that after three weeks, the management is yet to meet the aggrieved union which embarked
By Ushang Ewa Traffic jams and rush hour to users of the only motorable road leading to Calabar the Cross River State capital is a recurring situation especially during the weekends. Cross River State governor Benedict Ayade was yesterday July 25, 2015 a victim of these phenomenon as his convoy got stuck in traffic around
By Ikwen Atuaka The ‘screening before payment’ method adopted for the payment of local government employees in Cross River state has been heavily criticized from several quarters with the Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE in Obudu, Comrade Ferdinand Ugbong also joining the dissenting voices. Ugbong made his stand known while speaking with
Recently, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) published the final list of successful candidates for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the year 2015. The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who also doubles as the Secretary to the Committee further announced that the new silks would
By Christiana Ukung Alawa The Obudu Face of Culture Queen 2014, Queen Evelyn Ugbaka has said that what makes one unique is culture and that our culture as Cross Riverians is our heritage. She made the pronouncement during a chat with CrossRiverWatch this weekend where she revealed that she had contested over three times consecutively
The primary elections may have been bungled, the general elections may have been unfair in its conduct, the PDP may have shown undue arrogance and outright intimidation on the voting population, but at the end of the day, a Governor emerged, he may not have been the best of the twenty two, but I think
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The rendering of service to humanity with the fear of God by leaders in various capacities has been described as the essence of true leadership while leaders have also been charged to deliver on their promises as materialism is only momentary. Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade gave this charge