By Our Correspondent The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 6, Abubakar Marafa has applauded the Cross River State Homeland Security and Safety bill recently passed into law. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the governor, Senator Ben Ayade in his office today, the AIG said “I feel its mandatory for me as AIG
By Archibong Jeremiah Following the arrest of Dr. Frank Ayade, younger brother to the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over allegations of misappropriation of 2.7billion Naira, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla has called on the State Assembly to
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent A Chinese firm Wuhan Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Limited is concluding plans to set up a feed mill and maize farm in Cross River State said its Chairman, Yongsheng Cao Wednesday in Calabar. Cao, who spoke through an interpreter disclosed this during a courtesy call on Governor Ben Ayade
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The governing council of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) is not aware of the suspension of the institution’s bursar, Peter Agi says the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the varsity, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Iwuanyanwu disclosed this in a telephone conference with a group of journalists in Calabar where he said
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government says it will use the Cross River Garment and Textile factory as a center for its skill development programs. Labor Minister, Chris Ngige stated this Thursday in Calabar when he visited the factory alongside the governor, Senator Ben Ayade. “From what I have seen here,
By Our Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration has proposed a bill that seeks to provide a legal backing and protect the rights of street hawkers even though the state has domesticated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The proposed bill, an opposite of the one proposed by Governor Akinwumi Ambode
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent About 300 more appointees will soon be announced said Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Wednesday afternoon during a parley with journalists in the state. Ayade who said his decision to parley with journalists was borne out of the improved perception and media rating the state is currently enjoying
By Inyali Peter The Cross River State Government’s should consider privatizing the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) due to its inability to fund it said Etinyin Etim Edet, the chairman of the council of traditional rulers in the state during the institution’s annual stakeholders forum held Tuesday at the Calabar main campus of