By Jeremiah Archibong and Jonathan Ugbal Former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has said the decision of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to borrow for the proposed 260kilometers superhighway is a misplaced priority due. Obi stated this Monday in Lagos while delivering a speech on the Nigerian economy on ‘The Platform’ where he
By Jonathan Ugbal The wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Dr. Linda Ayade Saturday in Obudu concluded the official inauguration of the Cross River Women Emancipation Initiative (CROWEI), a development initiative in the 18 local government areas of Cross River State. Dr. Linda had launched the initiative at the state level several weeks
By CrossRiverWatch The Cross River State Government last week took delivery of medical equipment worth over 30 million Naira from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Project Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment (PROJECT C.U.R.E) program. The state becomes the first in Nigeria to receive such aid aimed at improving access
By Ushang Ewa A nongovernmental organization, the Neo Black Movement (NBM) has said it will build two holding cells to support the infrastructure of the State Anti Robbery Squad in the Cross River State Police Command. The construction of the holding cells is scheduled to begin soon said a member of the NBM in Calabar,
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government says it is going to investigate the Primary Health Care staff at the Obudu Primary Health Center for allegedly detaining a mother of twins for 4 weeks due to her inability to pay bills totaling NGN85,000. The Director General of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency
By Jonathan Ugbal Patients in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) may be more than merely excited at the prospects of the court finding the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Thomas Agan and sentencing him to a long term in jail CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Since a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Monday,
By Jonathan Ugbal The trial of dismissed police officer accused of the murder of one Derek Maurice Ben and 5 others continued recently with accused number nine (9), dismissed Police Sergeant Anthony Idoko cross examined by the prosecutor. The accused had presented two documents to show that he was on morning duty but during cross
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade paid the May salaries of civil servants in the state ahead of time yesterday. At about 5:00 PM local time on Sunday, April 30, 2017, civil servants under the State Government payroll system began receiving alerts from their financial institutions that May salaries