By Patrick Obia Cross River State has hit five new COVID-19 cases from the latest report by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night. NCDC in its official Twitter handle announced 404 new cases across the country with a total of 42,208 cases confirmed, 19,004 discharged and 873 deaths. This 5 addition brings
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly has in a resolution granted approval for the Government to accept an offer of 120 days temporary overdraft facility of N2 billion from First Bank plc. The request for the Assembly’s approval was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Aggrey and his wife Susan have been on the run since 19 June, 2020 over a missing car, Mercedes Benz (ML) 320, says a petition to the Police. According to the petitioner, His Highness, Chief Etim Efeffiom Archibong, Ibuot Ufok Abasi Atiata of Inyang Ewa in Ewa Ekeng House, “I got to
By Patrick Obia Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in Cross River State, has dish out words of encouragement saying there is “ability in disability” especially those physically challenged in the society. The Coordinator of CSOs against COVID-19 action in the State, Mr. Gabriel Adim stated this on Hit 95.9 FM program (Winning COVID) with
The crisis rocking the Cross River Judiciary has taken so many dimensions it is difficult to keep track of. The myriads of issues range from the removal of Justice Michael Edem from the official residence of the Chief Judge to the politics of succession, the non confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme; the saga in the
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade had on November 21, 2019 while presenting the 2020 appropriation bill before the state’s House of Assembly said the budget believed in “spiritual force” and had social agglutination. Mr. Ayade who referred to the budget in the third person narrative had said: “The budget
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has revised downwards, the 2020 budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis by a whopping 87 percent. The Governor, Benedict Ayade had on November 21, 2019, presented the 2020 appropriation bill of NGN1,100,167,507.09 to the House of Assembly. The Assembly passed the budget barely 24 hours to the new year
Governor Ayade of Cross River state has earmarked N24billion for COVID-19 relief and recovery. The figure was contained in the reviewed 2020 Budget of Olympotic Merristemasis sent to the State House of Assembly, yesterday for consideration. The initial budget of 1.1trillion which the governor signed in January 2020 was reviewed downward to N147,130,166,996 and 16.3