By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United
Chuks Okocha writes that the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, was a declaration of political war on former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke ahead of the 2023 general election. Since the return of democracy in 1999, clinching political power in
By Kejuo Regina More than five years after the Cross River Government signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Waste to Wealth initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme by the federal government and the Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada, the State has announced a collaboration with France on a similar project. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has appointed 527 new aides to fulfil a promise he made to members of All Progressives Congress (APC) when he defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appointments were announced in two batches by his spokesman, Christian Ita — 500 APC members and 27 Special Assistants,
Joe Agi SAN, in the run up to the 2019 elections, told Cross Riverians that the reason he is arrogant to his friends within the political class in Cross River State, is because “you are all thieves.” The learned SAN, premised his conclusion on a previous privatization program of Cross River State assets where these
By Jonathan Ugbal The Faculty of Education of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Tuesday awarded three deserving people for their contributions to the education sector. Martins Orim, the Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade was awarded in recognition of his “immense contribution to scholarship and the education industry.” Also, Professor Florence Obi, the
PART 1 The Cross River State Government, through Mr. John Odo, Chairman of the State’s Privatization Council, yesterday announced it’s readiness to sell over thirty Government concerns. According to the Council, Cross Riverians are to key into the initiative by referendum either online or by logging into www.crspc.org or getting the form from their various
By Jeremiah Archibong Local government legislators from the 18 Local Government Areas of the State have called on the Cross River State government to halt the deductions in their salaries in order to improve on their financial status. This was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the councilors on Tuesday in Calabar