By Jonathan Ugbal The All Progressives Congress APC, in Cross River State has berated the state government for its inability to provide portable drinking water for residents despite a 200 million dollar loan obtained from the World Bank for water infrastructure. “The state misappropriated the funds and consumers are no forced to pay exorbitant water
By Ushang Ewa The All Progressives Congress APC in Cross River State has berated the Cross River State Government over the rising level of insecurity occasioned by kidnapping, robbery and killings. This was contained in a statement signed by the state chapter publicity secretary, Mens Ikpeme who alleged that armed security men operating under “different
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River State has received an unfair treatment from the Federal Government in the distribution of the commonwealth said the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Monday in Calabar, the state’s capital. “You took our land, took our oil wells, took us out of 13 per cent derivation fund and reduced
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again locked out staff of Government House Calabar. Ayade is said to have arrived office before 7:30 AM this morning only to find his entrance locked and when it was eventually opened moments later, directed that all entrances be locked and no
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Ojong Ayiba as the Managing Director of the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort. Also, Ayade approved the appointment of Justina Ovat as the General Manager of the Tinapa lakeside Hotel. Ojong Ayiba is the immediate past Chairman of Ikom local government
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Cross River Ports Authority, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa says the strides made by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade in infrastructure will transform the state economically. Giwa stated this in an interview last weekend while on an inspection tour of several projects in Calabar, the Cross River State capital
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today swear in Justice Michael Edem as the acting Chief Judge of Cross River State. Justice Edem’s appointment is pursuant to Section 271, sub-section 4 and 6 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria a statement issued by the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again staged a public cry over the plight of Bakassi returnees 14 years after their ancestral home was ceded to the Cameroon’s following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in 2002. “The pain the Bakassi people have gone through is