By Kelvin Ololo A Cross River based Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) investors, Stridevest Company Limited, has set up a scheme to help business owners pitch, nurture, grow and gain financial support to reduce unemployment in the state. Unveiling the financial empowerment program in Calabar, the Chief Executive Officer, Stridevest Company limited, Wilson Obidi, explained
By CrossRiverWatch Admin My Dear Fellow Cross Riverians,With a heart full of gratitude and a deep sense of responsibility, I extend my warmest greetings to each and every one of you across our beloved state. Today, as we mark the second anniversary of this administration, I am immensely humbled by the honor of your mandate
By Kelvin Ololo It was an atmosphere of joy as about five hundred (500) Cross River women have benefited from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) program of the Office of the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, in Calabar. The flag off and empowerment exercise held at Calabar
By Lanre Lasisi And Emmanuel Egobiambu, Channels Television President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, Labour unions, and the private sector. He signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly National had passed the Minimum Wage Act,
By Godwin Otang As Governor Bassey Otu’s administration gets older by the day amidst subsisting expectations from Cross Riverians across the 18 local government areas of the State, the agricultural sector and the rule of law have been identified as two key areas that can drive the State forward to achieving the gains of democracy.
By Charity Ohotu Cross River State Deputy Governor, Rt. Honorable Peter Odey has attended the 3rd Conference of the African Sub-Sovereign Government Network which is geared towards strengthening economic ties. Held at the Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt, and organized by the African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, Honorable Odey who represented Governor Bassey Otu at
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has met with some investors and charged them to plow their resources in the tourism, economic, and other sectors in the State. Governor Otu gave the charge during a two-day International Cooperation and Investment Summit held in the Calabar
By Noah Ajala As Nigerians continue to grapple with the attendant effect of the removal of fuel subsidy and the cost of survival, residents of the Calabar metropolis have shared divergent views and difficulties as the days go by. Sharing their experiences on how the fuel hike has affected them, some of the residents told