By Violet Isek The Cross River State Government has replied critics of the Governor Ben Ayade led administration who say he may not have performed well. A statement issued by the commissioner for information and orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong in Calabar, the state capital earlier in the week reeled out some projects of the administration
By Ushang Ewa The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Gaul Lebo (PDP Abi) has said that the House cannot deliberate on the loan the state government obtained for the Calabar Media City Special Purpose Vehicle. Mr. Lebo said the matter is currently subjudice after Nigeria’s anti graft agency, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The enormous demands of his office coupled with the complex nature of the federation makes the Nigerian President one of the busiest presidents in the world; hence, to get President Muhammadu Buhari to pay a visit to a state twice within three years is no mean feat. This is why friends and
The story of the Cross River State Rice City project can be likened to that of a budding pregnancy. At first, it bears symptoms of an onset of fever and progresses further into physiognomic changes in the carrier of the fetus with manifest signs like vomiting, nausea as well as skin changes. At that embryonic
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has written the Cross River House of Assembly notifying them of his intent to proceed on his annual vacation. The vacation which begins today, July 2, 2018 is expected to last for two weeks. A statement from the Assembly says Mr. Ayade’s deputy,
The Cross River State Government in partnership with a South African company is setting up a state-of-the-art integrated animal feed mill, poultry breeding and frozen chicken for export facility that is planned to be one of the largest south of Nigeria in Obubra Local Government Areas of the state. The facility is to be complemented
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born techpreneur and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Philip Obin has berated Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari for reeling out figures of Nigerians killed when the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was in power. Mr. Adesina in a statement issued earlier in the week
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It is indeed another landmark achievement of Senator Professor Ben Ayade’s administration. It is very symbolic and historic to many students of history. Many may not remember that during the struggle for the unification of this country when the Nigerian troops attempt to capture the then Calabar in 1967 their entry point