By Mary Bassey The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has kicked against the claim of the $500 million funds by the Federal Government. According to the Chairman of the Revenue Allocation Mobilization and Fiscal Commission, RAMFAC, Mr. A. M. Shehu, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Program alleged that the Federal Government pays $500 million
By Patrick Obia A day-old baby boy with a placenta has been dumped on a heap of refuse by an unidentified mother in Calabar, Cross River State capital. According to eyewitnesses, the pale, lifeless baby was dumped in the wee hours of today, Saturday, November 5, 2022, along the Atimbo road by Express Africana, a
Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Mbu Joseph Mbu has condemned what he described as “extremely lopsided postings” of senior officers to thee Police Headquarters Calabar, Cross River State. In an interview with The Nigerian Voice, the outspoken officer called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Akali Baba Usman, psc(+), NPM, fdc, CFR to urgently
By Patrick Obia The Federal Government of Nigeria has commissioned the $44 million, 1.5km Nigeria-Cameroon border bridge in Cross State, Southern region of the country. The bridge was constructed with finance by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of the trans-border road running from Enugu to Bamenda. The 1.5km joint border road which links
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has signed the State’s Magistrate Jurisdiction Law 2022. The law which increases the jurisdiction of magistrate courts in the State on civil matters was signed on Thursday, 3 November 2022. Speaking at the event, the governor said with the law in place, the administration of
By Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, The Nation Newspaper Edo Leads Civil servants in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Bayelsa States may not retire well due to the non-implementation and compliance of pension laws by their governors. But civil servants of Edo, Delta, and Rivers States have a lot to benefit from upon retirement as their State Governors
By Patrick Obia One of Cross River’s enthusiastic entrepreneurs, Toms Alims has raised an alarm over an impoundment of one of his dispatch rides – Eagle 1 by men of the Nigerian Police Force, Mbukpa Division, Calabar South Local Government. The yet-to-be-identified officers who impounded the bike on Sunday 30 October claimed that “the rider’s
By Ogar Monday Communities in Cross River State have been encouraged to take ownership of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law and the Disability Rights Law (DRL), as both laws have expanded the definition of violence and rape. The communities were warned against treating issues around rape “as a family matter” as the VAPP