By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Calabar Monorail officially opened to the public for use Monday following a directive from Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Over 100 tourists seeking fun enjoyed a free ride courtesy of Governor Ayade on the 1.2 Kilometre facility linking the Tinapa premier business and leisure resort to the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent No fewer than 15 Governors, Ambassadors and other top government functionaries across Nigeria have confirmed attendance at the 2016 edition of the Carnival Calabar says Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. “A lot of governors have indicated that they will be here for our carnival this year” Ayade told
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Christmas came just in time for appointees of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as he directed the distribution of rice and cash to them for the yuletide with the distribution beginning Friday at Government House Calabar. Staff in the nominal roll of Government House Calabar also benefited from
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has enjoined Christians not to despair in the face of the current recession, but hope for the best as President Muhammadu Buhari strives to steer the country out of the woods. In a goodwill message signed by his spokesperson, Christian Ita, Ayade who urged
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The cost for the celebration of the verdict of the Supreme Court over a pre election matter of perjury against Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade which affirmed him as Governor may have been in excess of NGN100 million findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Not less than NGN7million was said to have been
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was absent as his aide on Events Management Kenneth Aklah and House of Assembly member, Stephen Ukpukpen performed the Christmas tree lighting at the City lighting ceremony Monday in Calabar. Ayade CrossRiverWatch gathered, was tired and upon learning that the event was scantily
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, John Lebo recently undertook an inspection tour of the 133.7 Kilometres Mfum-Ranch road dualisation project. Lebo in the company of the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Eteng Jones Williams undertook a tour of the project and tweeted a picture of themselves with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicates that there is massive renovation work ongoing at Government House Calabar in preparation for the yuletide and New Year. Our Government House Correspondent, Jonathan Ugbal reports that since last week, decorations for the yuletide were carried out unlike last year where the premises was not decorated. “Carpenters, Painters