By Our Reporter/Agency Report The Cross River State Government says it has awarded the sum of NGN1.16billion contract for the commencement of work on a banana plantation in Akamkpa local government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state, Anthony Eneji
By Ushang Ewa The Hausa community in Cross River State has denied reports that they are leaving the state in droves due to the quit notice issued Igbos in northern Nigeria by one organization. “It is not true that Hausa businessmen are leaving the state. Cross River remains our state and the only state we
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s Secret police, the Department of State Service (DSS) has denied that its operatives recovered the sum of USD9,000,000 (Nine Million Dollars)from the home of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen last weekend. PRNigeria, a communications and public relations outfit reports that a top security officer with the intelligence
By Jonathan Ugbal The former member representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the national assembly, Peter Igbodo was on Saturday morning kidnapped in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Igbodo who served a single tenure in the 5th Assembly was however released a few hours later CrossRiverWatch gathered. The former lawmaker was kidnapped at Victor’s Gym
By Jonathan Ugbal The dredging of the Calabar Channel is currently threatened as the federal government and major stakeholders in the project are bickering over who is responsible for the delay in commencement of the project. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman had told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
By Inyali Peter The National Vice Chairman, South-South of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hilliard Eta has maintained that the northern senatorial district of the state should be allowed to produce governor for eight years like the south and the central senatorial districts. Eta said this on Saturday during the reception/investiture of honors of distinguished party members
By Aplefe Ojong The Cross River State Government has unveiled plans to establish an Eco friendly bricks factory from waste as part of the deliberate policy thrust of the Governor Ben Ayade’s administration to covert waste to wealth and to mitigate the amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. The factory will transform plastic bottles
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A youth group, The National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has called for the implementation of the national youth policy as a means to end youth restiveness. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its South-South regional summit held Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital