By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River Executive Council has approved the sum of 100 million Naira for the licensing of the state owned financial institution incorporated as Cross River State Micro Finance Bank Limited by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The state government says this is to complement its bid to turn
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Ben Ayade has commence talks with the United Kingdom on partnership in requisite skill training and investments in a bid to raise the required capacity needed to construct an alternative economy for the state. Ayade disclosed this in an interview at the site of the Cross
By CrossRiverWatch admin With the growing number of online shopping clients in Cross River State, The first Calabar based online shopping platform www.calabarshopa.com has been launched and it’s set to boost the growth of e-commerce in the state. www.calabarshopa.com is an innovative and user friendly online market place tailored to provide a meeting place for
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Benedict Ayade, again pushed the expectations of Cross Riverians from his administration, higher with the promise of a Chinese City and a University focused on Agriculture. Ayade who has been out of the state for around a month revealed this to government house correspondents shortly
By Okwo Kerry/Otto-Obong Clement November each year, the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) marks Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in the three geo-political zones in the country through its Entrepreneurship Development Centers (EDC), having one located in each of the six geopolitical zones with Cross River housing that of the South-South. This year, Cross River State
By Jonathan Ugbal Ahead of the October 31 rescheduled Young Business Icons Summit and Awards organised by CrossRiverWatch in collaboration with the Nigerian Youth Chamber of Commerce, all has been declared set. Speaking at the venue of the event, the President of the Democracy Club, Emmanuel Etim says “we are good to go, everything here
In respect to the invitation on net to participate in the 2015 Young Business Icons summit and Award, a novel initiative of CrossRiverWatch Resources in partnership with Nigerian Youth Chambers of Commerce (NYCC), Cross River state. The theme “Youth Employment – the panacea for underdevelopment” draws so much attention especially when it comes to the
BACKGROUND: My name is Miss Geraldine Itoe. I am thirty years old and the first born of three children. I hail from Katchuan Irruan in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, live and do business in Calabar. I studied History and International Studies in the University of Calabar and graduated in 2006. Proceeded