By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has asked Permanent Secretaries in all the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs in the State to assess appointees under their MDA for cabinet reshuffling purposes. The announcement, which was contained in a letter signed by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser to
By George Odok, News Agency of Nigeria Listen TO The Report Chairman of APC in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has inaugurated the ad hoc committee to prune the number of governorship aspirants from 16 to 4. The Committee is expected to recommend four aspirants, two from the Central and two from the
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Cross River State High Court in Calabar has summoned the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, the Commissioner for Quality Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke, and the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Sen. Stephen Odey to defend themselves against claims of illegal charges
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has directed his appointees to resign from their offices if they intend to contest in next year’s general elections. Ayade in a letter with reference number GO/PRESS/12/VOL.II/144, signed by Mr. Christian Ita, his aide on Media and Publicity, directed that the
Listen To The Article Exactly 390 days from today, I don’t know where the event will hold yet, most likely, the UJ Esuene Stadium or Cultural Center or Calabar International Conference Center, but Governor Ayade will be handing it over to another Governor who we also don’t know yet. Like Ayade did inherit from his
By Kehinde Ogunyale Listen To The Report “With a N20,000 bribe, an external buyer can influence the youth in host communities in Cross River State, to cut down trees from the forest illegally.” Traveling into the Cross River forest as a researcher – let alone a reporter – to investigate the increasing impact of deforestation
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The African Development Bank, AFDB, has revealed that Cross River State will benefit from a $540 million funding mobilized by the bank in partnership with the International Find for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and the Islamic Development Bank, ISDB, for the siting of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, has called on journalists to continue to “keep the world informed and expose ills in the society.” In a statement released by the Association, signed by the Chairman, Comrade Edem Darlington, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Gloria Umo, the group lauded