By CrossRiverWatch Admin A young Cross Riverian, Joseph Odey has protested none payment of his late father’s gratuity to his family by the State Government. Odey who staged a lone man protest in the early hours of Wednesday occupied Peregrino (Government) House vowed to resume there everyday until the Governor approves the payment. According to
By Efa Sunday The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been tasked by a Cross River youth, simply identified as Rosemond Edem to invest in the educational sector in the State. Miss Rosemond Edem made this call on her twitter handle, where she lamented the menace created by youths as a result of
By Emmanuel Ulayi The Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, has again called on the boundary communities of Cross River and Ebonyi States to coexist together in a more harmonious way to ensure peace and to attract development to their people. Speaking at the peace meeting organized by the Catholic Dioceses of Ogoja and
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reappointed Professor Akon Joshua as the acting Vice Chancellor of the State owned Cross River University of Technology. Mr. Ayade is the visitor to the varsity and in a letter dated August 7, 2019, he conveyed his decision to reappoint Mrs. Joshua whose acting
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Convener, Cross River State Good Governance Coalition, Mr. Agba Jalingo, explains, in this interview with Mudiaga Affe of Punch Newspaper, why Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State is being tagged a land grabber, among other issues. You are one of those that have consistently accused the State Governor of land grabbing,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Central Senatorial candidate for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) during the just concluded 2019 general election, Mr. Anthony Bissong Attah has accused Leader of the House of Assembly, Honorable Peter Odinga of fueling Governor Ayade’s privatization desire. Comrade Bissong made this known recently in an article posted on
On the Monday 5th August 2019 the #RevolutionNow protest inspired by AAC Presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections and political activist, Omoyele Sowore was billed to hold officially in 21 States of the Federation, Nigeria. For the records, Cross River wasn’t one of the States. On that 5th of August some journalists in Cross
Benedict Bengioshuye Ayade, an illustrious son of Kakum in Ipong Ward of Obudu, an environmentalist, inventor (they say), Lawyer, Professor and business mogul as widely known was no doubt irresistible as a choice to take over from the silent and smooth achiever and Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke in 2015; especially for