By CrossRiverWatch admin By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Monday in Calabar, announced about 1,000 more appointments exactly two months after he disclosed to press men on August 25, 2016 during a media parley that he will appoint 300 more. This makes the total number of appointments 17 months
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An alleged fake army officer (Major Kola Elijah) has been arrested and is cooling his feet at the Obudu Police division for defrauding members of the public of money amounting to over a million naira. The culprit was arrested after complaints from those he had defrauded promising them admission into the Nigerian
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reviewed downward the Cross River State’s 2016 budget from an initial sum of N303,100, 000 (Three hundred billion, one hundred million naira) to the sum of N259,155,419,195 (Two hundred and fifty nine billion, one hundred and fifty five million, four
By Ogar Monday The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has given approval for the promotion of qualified State civil servants. The promotion according to the Governor is to clear the backlog of qualified civil servants due for promotions long ago and to boost their morale. The disclosure was made recently in Calabar
By Inyali Peter The victory of Mr. Godwin Obaseki the All Progressive Congress, APC candidate in the just concluded gubernatorial elections in Edo State election is the final burial for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the South South Geopolitical zone of the country says Odey Ochicha, the APC’s guber candidate in the 2015 guber
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Ahead of the December 9, 2016 date set aside by the Supreme Court for its ruling on a pre-election case of age falsification filed by Barrister Joe Agi against Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, the Cross River State Chapter of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says it is
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has reconstituted its Committees for the 2nd Legislative year. This was disclosed in a press release by Azogor Ideba, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) of Hon. John Gaul Lebo, Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly. According to the release, seven
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Godwin Ettah has disclosed that within the next budgetary year, the salaries of primary school teachers will be handled by the State Government rather than the Local Governments. The Commissioner said this at the 2016 revised budget hearing by the