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No Cross River Government Website Is Functional As ICT Commissioner Promises To Revive Them

By Ushang Ewa Months after the Cross River state, Governor Ben Ayade created a full fledged Ministry of ICT in Cross River State, findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that almost all state owned websites and their affiliates are either left for long durations without updates, or not functional at all while others have bugs and coding

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Partners For Peace, Cross River Chapter Elects New Excos

By CrossRiverWatch admin Members of Partners For Peace (P4P) in the Niger Delta, Cross River State chapter have conducted election for its executive council to pilot the affairs of the organization till 2018. Addressing members of the Non-Governmental Organization, the electoral Chairman, Shawban Abdullahi expressed satisfaction with the manner members of the NGO conducted themselves

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Defections: Can Ayade Survive The Broom Revolution? BY INYALI PETER

Since the dawn of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria in 1999, Cross River has arguably been a strong hold of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP). The first democratically elected governor of the state in the current dispensation, Mr. Donald Duke ensured that all the political heavyweights in the state at the time and a few officials

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Governor Ayade: Standing For God And For The Youths BY SOLOMON ASHA/EMMANUEL ULAYI

The best legacy that leadership in political authority at any given time and place can proudly bequeath to the future generation is when that authority deliberately decides to equip in all ramifications, the youths who are a bridge between the present and the future, those who will be the leaders of tomorrow. Provision of a

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Some People Call To Abuse Me, Others To Praise Me – Mike Eraye, Cross River Environment Commissioner

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River’s Environment Commissioner, Engineer Mike Eraye says he has received several abusive calls from the citizenry as well as those praising his efforts to ensure the state remains clean and green. In a telephone chat with CrossRiverWatch, Eraye who has been out of the public eye since his appointment, says that

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Cross River Government Begins Man Hunt For Ghost Workers In Education System

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government through the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB has commenced man hunt for ghost workers in the state educational system. Notice of the decision to purge the system of ghost workers was communicated through a press release signed by the Board’s Chairman, Dr. Stephen Odey and made

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Governor Ayade Lays Wreath As Armed Forces Remembrance Week Ends

By Our Correspondent The 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Week was yesterday rounded off with the laying of wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldiers at the Millennium Park (Cenotaph), Calabar. The event which had earlier commenced with the launching of the Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem, Jumat Muslim service at Nigerian Army Barracks, Akim and

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Cross River Government Takes Lassa Fever Campaign To 1500 Rural Communities

By Our Correspondent Cross River State Government says it has commenced sensitization campaign to educate and inform the public as part of measures to prevent the spread of Lassa fever in the state. The sensitization campaign will go round to at least 1,500 communities in all the eighteen local government areas of Cross River. Special

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