By CrossRiverWatch Admin The travails of the Cross River state Attorney General, Mr. Joe Oshie Abang, may not be coming to an end soon as a scheduled disciplinary hearing by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC over allegations of professional misconduct against the AG has been rescheduled from the initial Thursday 27th October, 2016 to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin During recessions, the public gets frightened and holds back on spending, resulting in more layoffs, which in turn produces less spending in a vicious circle of economic decline”. The above quote from one of British most influential economists of the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), was a warning about the danger
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the December 9, 2016 Supreme Court ruling on a case of perjury levelled against Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade by Barrister Joe Agi, Cross River State has seen an upsurge in the number of solemn assemblies all praying for the state CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. In 3 weeks, 3
By Elijah Ugani Excellent Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) in partnership with the United Nation Population Funds (UNPF) has flagged off a campaign tagged “Wise Up Cross River State”. The campaign according to ECEWS Director of Programs, Mr. Asuquo Etuk while briefing journalists in Calabar said, “The campaign is an initiative developed to respond to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The maiden edition of Miss Africa pageantry has been billed to hold in the beautiful City of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s premier tourist destination at the prestigious Calabar International Convention Center CICC on the 26th of November,2016. 30 ladies between the ages of 18-25 years, representing 40 African countries across 5
By CrossRiverWatch admin Leader of a militant group, Bakassi Strike Force BSF, Benjamin Simply, also known as General Simply or G1 has said that he and his fighters will lay down their arms if the Federal Government can evolve an acceptable way of resettling the people of Bakassi who were displaced by the ceding of
By Our Correspondent In a bid to re-energize and increase footfalls into the famous Obudu ranch resort as well as provide access to produce markets, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, weekend, flagged off construction work on a 134 kilometers Mfom-Okpoma-Imaje-Bekwarra-Obudu-Obanliku dual carriage road. The construction of the Federal road which will traverse the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The University of Calabar has sacked the embattled Bursar of the institution, Mr. Peter Agi who has been having a running battle with the Vice Chancellor of the school, Professor Zana Akpagu. In a letter from the school authority to the Bursar, Council accused him of insurbordination and breach of other substantive