In February 2016, while Ayade had traveled, he summoned an emergency EXCO meeting presided over by his deputy and N100 million was approved as licensing fee for the Microfinance been the requirement by the Central Bank of Nigeria. 13 months after in March 2017, Governor Ayade told a delegation from the Calabar Chambers of Commerce
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch investigation has revealed that Governor Ayade is sending 5 Directors and a Surveyor to the five LGAs in Cross River North Senatorial district to bribe their Paramount Rulers with two hundred and fifty thousand Naira each, to concede 200,000 hectares of land each, totalling one million hectares. In a letter we
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspected armed gangsters. This was contained in a statement made available to Fearless Reports by the Police Spokesperson in the State, DSP Irene Ugbo. The Police said that the men of the Uwanse Surveillance unit got a tip yesterday that
By Patrick Obia Following the recent murder of a final year student of electrical electronic engineering in Cross River University of Technology, Calabar Campus, yesterday, 15th July 2019, two people have been confirmed dead in the early hours of today (Tuesday, 16th July 2019). The incident which was said to have took place between Palm
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams has condemned the renewed communal crisis between the Ebom and the Usumutung communities in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. In a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr. Hope Obeten, the Speaker expressed regrets that the two sister
By Patrick Obia The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, have said that the short power outage being experienced in some part of Calabar is as a result of a faulty breaker that had a cumulative effect on the relays of 4 No. 11kv feeders. This was made known in a press release signed by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A yet to be identified student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has just been shot dead. The incident took place at the Old Engineering faculty. As at the time of filing this report, his corpse was still lying there. It is yet unclear what issues led
Dear Cross Riverians, If anyone says what we are doing is a waste of time or that social media talk is not working, call that person a liar. Very quick ones that we have achieved within the past one month. 1. Our collective social media shout temporarily frustrated the plans by our governor to coerce