By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday, ordered that payment of June 2015 salary of the state civil servants be done not later than Friday, June 26th. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Tina Banku Agbor, said “The gesture is in keeping with Governor Ayade’s commitment
Being the full text of a lecture presented by Dr. Njar, Gertrude Nnanjar, Chairman, Nigeria Institution of Surveyors, Cross River Chapter at the International Federation of Surveyors 2015 conference held at National Palace of Culture – Congress Center Sofia, Bulgaria. KEYWORDS: Location Based Services, Spatial Service Sharing, Spatial Information, Geospatial Web Services, Mobile GIS Systems,
By CrossRiverWatch admin The National and State Assemblies Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar yesterday dismissed three motions filed by the Respondents in the Petitions filed by candidates of All Progressives Congress, APC and Labor Party respectively against the return of the PDP candidates in the National Assembly elections held on 28th March 2015 and
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By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has constituted a five man committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that relevant Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA’s) statutorily responsible for keeping roads safe in the state to swing into action and clear petroleum tankers parking along major roads in the state capital.
By Our Government House Correspondent The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Christian Ita, has debunked reports trending in the social media that Calabar, the state capital had allegedly come under military bombardment. Ita described the report as unfounded and untrue, adding that
By Our Correspondent With barely a few weeks to the flag off of the proposed dual carriage super highway linking Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu Local Government Areas, elders from the three senatorial zones have expressed excitement over the multiple billion naira road infrastructure. Lauding Governor Ben Ayade for what he described as his courage and vision, Governing Council
Most times when I visit Nigeria my relatives run around to prepare local delicacies on the assumption that living in America we miss out of these delicacies. They believe we only eat the White man’s food. This is far from the truth, as virtually everything you have in a local market in Calabar is also