By CrossRiverWatch Admin One person has been feared killed, several others injured and over six houses razed as Igwo Community in Obudu Council Area of Cross River State yesterday clashed over N500m compensation from the State Government over the proposed Cargo Airport. Community sources said the youths went on a rampage and attacked some Chiefs
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Cross Riverian, Efio-Ita Nyok has written the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on his 52 birthday. Nyok in his letter to Ayade he urged the Governor to be more tolerant with critics and focus on governance. Nyok, the Central Working Committee (CWC) member representing Cross River State chapter of Partners for
The pictures in the news story with the floodlights in the background indicate that the Commissioner for Lands is referring to the site of the former Nigerian Navy Clinic close to the UJ Esuene Stadium. He claims that the Navy is building a hotel on that former site. Yet the last time I drove past
By Archibong Jeremiah The loggerhead between the Cross River State Government and the Nigerian Navy over land has taken a new dimension as some Cross Riverians have protested and urged the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to leave Navy Land alone. The peaceful protesters (Cross River State Progressive Forum) marched in Calabar, the Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following public outcry over menace of potholes all over major towns and cities of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has said that his job as a Governor does not include mending inner city roads or potholes. In an interview he granted the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) International, Ayade said his tenure
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After a harrowing 179 days in Calabar Correctional Centre, detained journalist, Agba Jalingo on Wednesday relived his experiences in the facility, describing his incarceration as a huge lesson. Jalingo, who arrived the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos two days after his release, said he went on a six-
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Epidemic looms in Cross River State Government House as cleaners down tools to protest non-payment of ten months salary. The Governor’s office reportedly stank as cleaners assigned to empty bins were nowhere to be found on Tuesday morning. According to reports, overfilled toilets left unattended for several weeks within the complex have
Again, Ayade Orders Government Officials, Aids To Stop Making Public Comments
By Archibong Jeremiah Again the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has warned Government officials and his aids to stop making public statements on behalf of himself or the Government. This second directive was contained in a press release by Christian Ita, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor and made available to our