By Jonathan Ugbal The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of King Airlines, a charter and tour aviation company in Nigeria, Senator Musa Adede on Tuesday in Lagos State accused two former ministers of aviation; Mrs. Stella Oduah and Mallam Hadi Sirika of killing the industry in Nigeria report online Newspaper, Nairametrics. Mrs. Oduah served as aviation
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Federal House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to resume the rehabilitation of the abandoned Obudu Dam project. In a motion moved on the floor of the House on Tuesday, the member representing Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwarra federal constituency, Honorable Peter Akpanke said there is an urgent need
By Godwin Otang Experts in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) world have said it is key to effective, transparent, and good governance in Cross River State and Nigeria in general. This was the hallmark of a Twitter space stakeholders engagement on ‘technology and good governance, innovation for transparent and effective governance’ organized by a
By Godwin Otang The Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo is billed to speak at the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) annual feast of Barracuda 2023. Jalingo, journalist cum renowned rights activist is the speaker for the event scheduled to hold at Suru Express Hotel, number 1, Omologede Street Oba Sekunmade Road, Ikorodu Lagos
By Asare Asare, Daily Post There have been allegations that there are powerful illegal wood loggers with armed militias who intimidate locals and aid them to perpetuate the illicit plundering of the forests in Cross River State. A group, We The People, re-echoed this allegation once more in Calabar at a workshop with the theme:
By Agency Report Emmanuel Ogbeche, the spokesperson to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, said the new administration inherited a “rundown” state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesperson stated this when he spoke with the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, in Calabar on
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner representing Cross River State on the board of the National Population Commission, NPC, Navy Captain Charles Ogwa (rtd) says the postponement of the 2023 census is not a setback as it will enable the Commission to deliver effectively on its mandate of carrying out the first digital enumeration of people
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Following the recent controversies that have trailed the Cross River State cocoa sector, the Government has set up an 11-man Pre-Cocoa Allocation Committee to determine the total indebtedness to landlord communities and other issues. The government in a press release issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Bassey