By Violet Isek Women in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State are currently protesting what they term as neglect following the continuous invasion of their villages especially in Osopong communities by neighboring Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The women who stormed the local government secretariat in their numbers have chased
By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr. John Gaul Lebo (PDP, Abi) has said that the 8th Assembly cannot go against the norms to publish budgets of the Cross River State government. The 2016 and 2017 budgets have not been accessed by anyone outside a few state actors while
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has released details of the two students killed last weekend by suspected gangstars. The varsity which in a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday said security has been intensified around and within the campus following the directives of the Vice Chancellor, Professor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Preamble There has been an interesting ongoing debate as the 2019 elections approaches about who should be the rightful candidate to represent Cross River State Central in the upper legislative chamber (The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria). The Nigerian Senate is the highest law making body in Nigeria, and, as
By Jonathan Ugbal The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla has threatened to slam a NGN5 billion suit on the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu for defamatory statements. Mr. Ekweremadu had yesterday (Monday) issued a statement accusing Mr. Obla of spearheading a smear campaign against him with the
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Judicial Council last week released the names of three Cross Riverians nominated by the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as Judges of the state’s high court. Amongst them is Mr. Ayade’s long time ally, Mr. Emmanuel Ubua. This was contained in a statement issued by the NJC’s Director, Information, Mr. Soji
By Ushang Ewa The total debts of Cross River State as at December 2016 exceeded its statutory revenue by 486.49% says the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) 2016 Annual Report. This is contrary to the guidelines of the Debt Management Office (DMO) on debt sustainability which states that the debt status of each state should not
By Isek Violet The Commissioner for New Cities Development in Cross River State, Barrister George Ekpungu and legal practitioner, Barrister Akwaji Henry have disagreed over the existence of the Obudu new city project. The duo were at loggerheads for an hour on, ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ which airs every Sunday on Hit 95.9 FM