By Our Correspondent A statement by the Special Assistant Media/Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayade, Mr. Christian Ita, has announced the arrival of the ship conveying equipment for the Calabar Garment Factory at the Lagos Port. Ita, said the equipment is currently at the Apapa Port, Lagos undergoing routine checks before arriving the site in
By Our Correspondent As part of efforts to find a lasting solution to reported cases of militancy and sea pirates’ attacks in the South-south region of Nigeria, the Zone 6 Police Command over the weekend took delivery of a surveillance helicopter in Calabar. This came on the heels of a recent pact by the command
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Government has restated its commitment to ensure the state remains a safe haven for tourism and business in the country. Governor of the state, Senator Ben Ayade, disclosed this while presenting a fleet of brand new vehicles to the state owned security outfit known as “Operation Skolombo” with a
By Ushang Ewa Some parts of the Calabar International Conference Center (CICC) located at the newly created Summit Hills is currently been threatened by erosion with deep craters slowly opening up around the completed and uncompleted axis of the edifice. The drainage constructed to drain water from the car park adjoining the center was stopped
The Vanguard news of 22rd August, caught my attention with this opening statement” PREGNANT Women, nursing mothers, physically challenged persons and university graduates were among the nine thousand applicants who, Saturday morning, thronged the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium to compete for one thousand job placements in the green state Police scheduled to oversee the state’s
By CrossRiverWatch admin A CrossRiverWatch reporter on Sunday ran into a corpse along government secondary school, Goldie by Atu street in Calabar. Upon inquiry, the deceased was said to be a serial robber in the neighbourhood. An eye witness told our reporter that, he was caught last night trying to rob somebody, he is said
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River’s governor Ben Ayade has begun consultations with the caucuses of the People’s Democratic Party across the state in a bid to get nominations for members of the State Executive Council. Ayade had earlier hinted journalists in a press conference that he will meet with the grassroots to
By Jonathan Ugbal The funding model for the signature projects of Cross River’s governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been commended as a major challenge which would have inhibited the projects says Senator Rose Oko who represents the Cross River Northern senatorial district in the National Assembly. The Yala born politician made this known while speaking