By Ushang Ewa The management of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has denied the alleged hike in the school fees of its newly admitted students describing it as “a general mistake in the fee payment template.” The varsity’s management in a statement emanating from the office of the Dean, students affairs, Professor David Effiom
By Inyali Peter The National President of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Alumni Association, Eyam Abeng has called on the Federal Government to find a political solution to the lingering oil wells issue between Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. Abeng who made the call recently in Uyo during the inauguration of the Akwa
By Jonathan Ugbal Some business outfit owners operating along the popular Bedwell street in Calabar grumbled over the Environment Commissioner’s decision to sanitize the area. The Commissioner, Engineer Mike Eraye in the company of the CUDA boss Joe-Mary Ekeng and his counterpart in the State Waste Management Agency, Willie Okokon and some staff of the
By Frank Edima Motorcyclists in Bakassi local government area of Cross River State have protested the N100 daily tax introduced by the Ministry of Transport and Marine Services. The cyclists popularly known as “Okada riders” recently blocked Calabar-Ikang road during a peaceful protest against the new levy. According to Desmond Eke, one of the riders,
By Our Editorial Board The present entity, Cross River State is among the 12 original states created in 1967 in Nigeria by General Yakubu Gowon to weaken the Eastern Nigeria which was on the verge of seceding to form the Republic of Biafra. Known then as South-Eastern State and later rechristened Cross River in 1976,
I have for the past eight or there-about months watch very keenly with intense attention how the information of the Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ben Ayade has been managed by the Chief Press Secretary and Special Assistant Media, Mr. Christian Ita. Christian Ita’s method of managing the governor’s information machinery is what I
By Jonathan Ugbal The Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch.com, Agba Jalingo has lost his mother, Monica Ungie Ato Agba, to the cold hands of death. Late Mrs. Agba died Friday in Abuja after a protracted illness with family sources informing CrossRiverWatch that the burial has been slated for March 18, 2016. The deceased, a septuagenarian
By CrossRiverWatch admin It is mandatory for each state of the federation to establish a State Primary Health Care Agency, SPHCDA. This is in line with the provisions of the new National Health Act. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Ado Muhammed disclosed this while