By Jonathan Ugbal Chairmen and Chairpersons of the 18 Local Government Areas in Cross River State on Monday bowed out of service after serving their constitutional three years in office. Elected on May 30, 2020, amidst lockdowns occasioned by the SARS – CoV – 2 popular known as COVID-19, they were sworn into office on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Chief Cyril Anthony, a member of the newly constituted Anti-Deforestation task force threatens Agba Jalingo over a Facebook post alleging he is a logger. The anti-deforestation committee was constituted yesterday by the State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu. Citizen Agba Jalingo alleged that the Chairman and Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Charles
By Mary Bassey The Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has directed the immediate retirement of the State Auditor-General, Mr. John Odey. The directive was contained in a memo signed by the Chairman of the Cross River State Civil Service Commission, Mr. Inaku Uko. The memo with Ref no: CRC/P/25676/T./2 dated June, 2nd 2023
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper The Idum Mbube community and Ekikienkpong family in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, have petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Faruk Yahaya, and the Cross River State Police Command over the alleged killing of their son, Joseph Peter Okpe, in Ogoja by troops drafted
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has revealed plans to relocate the Lemna dumpsite. He visited the site and other places two weeks and some days after The ICIR-funded investigation that revealed large-scale procurement violations in contracts awarded in 2020 was published. The investigation showed that the contract to
By Abdullateef Aliyu, Daily Trust The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Aero Contractors and the Cross River State-owned Cally Air on the operation of the airline may have hit the rock over aircraft concession move. The aircraft belonging to the state government, a Boeing 737-300 with the registration number: 5N-BYQ is at the center of
By Jonathan Ugbal A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo and presided over by Justice B. Abubakar on Thursday awarded a cost of NGN20,000 against the defendants in a defamation suit brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Frank Ayade, the younger brother of a former Governor of Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching our newsroom suggests that unknown individuals dug up the armored cable which distributes power to street lights along the Kakum to Indi-Abeb section of the Bekwarra – Obudu – Wula – Ikom road. No fewer than two dozen individuals were involved in the action with an aide to Governor Ben