By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on false asset declaration. The CCT Chairman, Mr. Danladi Umar in his judgment which was delayed from Thursday morning till afternoon found Mr. Onnoghen guilty of all six charges preferred against him by the federal
By Our Government House Correspondent Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has disclosed that he will reduce the size of his cabinet in order to ensure better service delivery. This is even as the Governor, in a statement released in Calabar on today, Thursday, directed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government said 1,700 people who wrote the interview examinations for jobs in the State’s primary health care sub-sector have been shortlisted for the oral interview. The Director General of the State’s Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu disclosed moments ago in a press briefing with journalists
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has for the second time in 20 months claimed that owning a website is becoming an “outdated” trend in information dissemination. Mr. Lebo stated this during an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch’s Margaret John and Efa Sunday on
By David Nsa Prof. Ikpeme A. Ikpeme has formally resumed as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Calabar, Cross River State. In a release signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs Department, Dr. Rosemary Effiong, made available to The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, Ikpeme who resumed in
By David Nsa Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, GCFR (Rtd) has called on politicians to see the urgent need to allow politics evolve. The former Head of State of Nigeria made the called while giving thank you remark at the 32nd convocation of the University of Calabar. He also charged all and sundry to be security conscious
By David Nsa A Resident in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, has called on the State Ministry of Environment to trim the overgrown trees in Calabar metropolis, especially that of Mary Slessor Avenue Calabar (former Zoo Garden to the roundabout). Mr. Tom Alim who took to his Facebook wall Wednesday morning said that the
By David Nsa The Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Asuquo Ekpeyong has refuted claims by critics of Governor Ayade’s administration, stating that the State Government under the current administration has not borrowed to service recurrent expenditure such as Salaries. The Finance Commissioner made the statement while speaking as a guest on a Sunday