By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has confirmed the receipt of NGN6.075 billion for the second tranche of the Paris Club refund and says it will apply it to the payment of salary, gratuity and pension arrears especially for the year 2014. The Head of Service in the state, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch The aftermath of the recent Ukelle crisis which left more than 100 people dead and over 14,000 displaced may be felt more in the coming months and years if drastic measures are not taken findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Photographs and X-Ray scans obtained by CrossRiverWatch show victims conditions seriously deteriorating with no information
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government may be planning another hike in levies and taxes paid daily by commercial vehicles in the state, especially Calabar, the state’s capital findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The new levies may come into effect by Monday sources say but the drivers’ union are scheduled to meet today (Saturday)
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appealed to the Federal Government to partner the state in the construction of the second Ikom bridge. Mr. Ayade made the plea, Friday when he hosted the Senate committee on works led by the vice chairman of the committee, Senator Clifford Ordia
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian government has said there is no evidence that Cameroonian Gendarmes killed 97 Nigerians in Bakassi while fleeing to Ikang in Cross River State. Premium Times reports that Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Geoffery Onyeama said the 97 deaths reported is the accumulation of all the Nigerians that have been killed in
By Jonathan Ugbal The repeatedly rescheduled 19th National Sports Festival earlier billed for November 2014 will now hold in the second quarter of 2018. This followed a meeting between members of the Main Organizing Committee and the Local Organizing Committee at the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday where
By Ushang Ewa There is currently a meningitis outbreak in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with no fewer than 6 cases already treated in the past two weeks at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. CrossRiverWatch findings reveal that the outbreak may have been suppressed by Government with the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Cross River State chapter, has established its students wing in the University of Calabar, UNICAL. The students wing which is domiciled in the Department of Mass Communication was approved by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Zana Akpagu on June 2, 2017. In a bid to work out