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Governor Ayade Accuse Agba Jalingo Of Blackmailing The State, His Government Has Become A Laughing Stock, Replies Jalingo

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has accused the Cross River State Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo of blackmailing his Government for personal reasons. Speaking yesterday (Tuesday) while standing beside his Abia State counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu, during the Calabar Green Carnival, an exercise

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Despite Outcry, Ayade Forces HOLGAs To Sign N2.5 Million ‘Security Cover’ Voucher

By Ushang Ewa Information reaching our newsroom suggests that Governor Ben Ayade had over the weekend succeeded in forcing Heads of Local Government Administration to sign five vouchers of N500,000 each totaling N2.5 million for ‘security cover.’ This is despite a public outcry generated by an earlier report by this Newspaper over the attempt by

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Did Ulayi Lie? Cross River Debt Rose By N70 Billion In 3 Years Under Ayade

By Jonathan Ugbal The claims made by Mr. Emmanuel Ulayi, a Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on media that the Cross River State Government has not borrowed a dime since Mr. Ayade assumed office in May 29, 2015 may not be true as quick checks on the Debt Management Office shows otherwise. In a

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Africult, Miss Africa, Others To Gulp N14.5bln In 2019

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has appropriated over N14.5 billion for tourism related activities under the purview of the Special Adviser Governor’s Office, a study of the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification shows. A newly introduced African Festival of Arts and Culture (Africult) will cost the State N300 million while a motor

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Civil Servants Privacy Violated In Cross River Over Leaked Bribe Document

By Ushang Ewa Men suspected to be personnel of Nigeria’s Secret Police, the SSS are said to have stormed the headquarters of the Ministry of Lands and Housing Development in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday to trace the leak of a document earlier published by CrossRiverWatch. The document contains an approval for

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Despite N7bln Security Vote, Ayade Tasks HOLGAs To Raise N45Mln For ‘Security Cover’

By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has asked the 18 Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in the State to raise N2.5 million each for “security cover.” The HOLGAs are the most senior civil servants in the local governments and have ran the councils since December

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FACT CHECK: Is Nigeria’s Cross River Among The Safest, As Governor Claimed?

The governor of Cross River state in southern Nigeria claimed that only 1.1% of total crime in Nigeria was committed in his state, making it the safest in the country. The best statistics available from the National Bureau of Statistics don’t back up the governor’s claims – 1.61% of all crimes in the country are

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How Ayade Approved And Diverted N500million For Cross River Micro-Finance Bank BY AGBA JALINGO 

In February 2016, while Ayade had traveled, he summoned an emergency EXCO meeting presided over by his deputy and N100 million was approved as licensing fee for the Microfinance been the requirement by the Central Bank of Nigeria. 13 months after in March 2017, Governor Ayade told a delegation from the Calabar Chambers of Commerce

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