By Ogar Monday: House Of Assembly Correspondent A United States of America based development economist, Mr. Princewill Odidi has advised the Cross River State Government through the Cross River State House of Assembly to empower the plethora of unemployed youths in the streets and encourage them to form cooperatives so as to deal with the
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed into law, the Cross River State Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2016 at its sitting on Wednesday. While presenting the report on the bill, Hon. Nelson Ofem Chairman House Committee on Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petitions and Conflict
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has refuted claims by the Nigeria Police Force that the State Green Police is at variance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Government which spoke recently through the Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong says it’s a misunderstanding. Speaking
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to position the Nigerian Maritime sector for efficiency to drive trade, the Nigerian Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency says it will in the next three days brainstorm in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to develop a document that will guide its operations and will be
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Government just released a complete list of the 200,000 graduates that have been employed under phase one of the government’s N-Power program. The list of selected/shortlisted candidates in various States of Nigeria and the FCT is now available on the Npower program website. Successful candidates have also been deployed in
By Elijah Ugani The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has concluded a one day seminar for reporters drawn from the print, electronic and online media in preparation for the “Wise-Up Campaign” scheduled to hold from December 1st to 31st 2016. The event was held at the conference room of the UNFPA office with 20 reporters
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seven host communities to Lafarge-Holcim cement company in Akamkpa local government of Cross River State have again threatened to shut down the company operations. The host communities are at daggers drawn with the company over alleged neglect of the people and non implementation of the 80% local content policy. Over 500 youths
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Efforts by the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in Cross River to bring more beauty to Calabar has taken a new dimension with the state government taking the burden of repairing broken fences, replacing old and leaking roofs and painting of private houses along the approach to the city center around Mile 8.