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Cross River Governor Visits Lemna Dumpsite After The ICIR Funded Investigation

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has revealed plans to relocate the Lemna dumpsite.  He visited the site and other places two weeks and some days after The ICIR-funded investigation that revealed large-scale procurement violations in contracts awarded in 2020 was published. The investigation showed that the contract to

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Two Years After, Cross River’s Cally Air Planes Grounded Over Concession Moves

By Abdullateef Aliyu, Daily Trust The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Aero Contractors and the Cross River State-owned Cally Air on the operation of the airline may have hit the rock over aircraft concession move. The aircraft belonging to the state government, a Boeing 737-300 with the registration number: 5N-BYQ is at the center of

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Survival Tips For These Hard Times… BY AGBA JALINGO

No one can deny how hot it is out there economically. I think that is one area where all the divides agree on. That country hard! Surviving here is made more excruciating daily. There are no off-the-shelf prescriptions for a panacea but you can consider making some adjustments to enable you to swim through the

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Court Slams NGN20k Cost On Agba Jalingo, Others In Defamation Suit Instituted By Ayade’s Wife

By Jonathan Ugbal A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo and presided over by Justice B. Abubakar on Thursday awarded a cost of NGN20,000 against the defendants in a defamation suit brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Frank Ayade, the younger brother of a former Governor of Cross River

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Gov. Bassey Otu Dissolves Committees, Direct Appointees To Handover, Evacuate State Properties 

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has dissolved all committees, direct appointees to handover, and evacuate State properties. He gave the directive in a press release signed by Dr. Innocent Eteng, Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office of the Secretary to the State Government.  The release reads: “His Excellency, Sen. Bassey

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Governor Otu Set Up Task Force To Monitor, Seal Stations Hoarding, Selling Above Price 

By Patrick Obia As the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) better known as fuel and the hike in transportation continues to range, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has constituted an 11-man Joint Task Force team to monitor and as well as seal petrol stations in the State selling above the

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Agba Jalingo Made Me Demoralized, Unhirable – Former Governor Ayade’s Sister-In-Law Tells Court

By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Elizabeth Ayade, wife of Mr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother to the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade on Wednesday told the Federal High Court that Nigerian Journalist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo made her unhirable as a lawyer. Mrs. Ayade was called up as

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Governor Otu Sets 3-Man Transition Report Review Committee

By Patrick Obia The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has set a three-man committee to review the transition report. This was contained in a press release signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Administration Office, Office of the Secretary to the State Government – Dr. Innocent  Eteng, stating that the Committee is

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