By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Martins Orim has filed a suit against a gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Venatius Ikem. Ikem took to Facebook to disclose this Wednesday afternoon when he wrote that: “A harvest of writs against
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2018 appropriation bill of NGN1.3trillion presented by Governor Ben Ayade. Mr. Ayade had presented the budget before the House on November 30, 2017 and tagged it a “Buget of Kinetic Crystallization” which drew mixed reactions from the masses. And, on Thursday during plenary,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Cross River State Government has sent a contingent to the 2018 edition of the Rio Carnival in Brazil to understudy and make plans to ensure the growth of the Carnival Calabar, a sponsored release from Government House Calabar says. This forms part of the deliberate effort of the administration
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Caveat venditor. The aforementioned refers. Over the years, I have heard the good, the bad and the ugly about the Ayade government. People feel the need to jump on the band wagon criticizing the Govt( its a new hype way of showing social awarness). I must point out that any and every
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Reality of Our Situation. In the last few weeks the word or term industrialization has become synonymous with our politicking in the South Senatorial Zone as Asuquo Ekpeyong and his gang flagrantly flout INEC regulations in conducting open rallies and town-hall meetings personally sponsored by Governor Ayade himself, without truly taking
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Calabar Hospitality House has become the first training center in South South Nigeria to be certified by the Institute for Tourism Professionals (ITP) as a diploma awarding institution. The President of ITP, Chief Abiodun Odunsanwo who presented the certification plaque on Friday, in Calabar to the CHH team charged
By Ushang Ewa An unnamed member of the organizing team for the Cross River State sponsored Miss Africa beauty pageant died in Calabar, the state capital during the 2017 edition an investigation by CrossRiverWatch reveals. The unnamed member is said to be a South African and relative of the fourth wife of President Jacob Zuma,
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan and Elijah Ugani Follow @Elijah_ugani A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State and aspirant for the 2019 guber elections of the party has fingered the Cross River State Government after members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria attacked the party’s secretariat in Obudu which