By Our Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has produced a proposed legislative direction for the 8th Assembly, with a pledge to partner with the executive arm of government led by Governor Ben Ayade to transform the economy of the state and improve the lot of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The fourth estate of the realm like many other disciplines and professions has had its share of ethical challenges with calls from several fora urging journalists to always live above board. The Chairman, of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, Mr. Iwara Iwara, recently stressed the need
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Despite the directive given by the state government for refuse evacuation in Calabar to be carried out between the hours of 11pm and 6am, contractors have continuously disobeyed this with the most recent disruption of traffic for over thirty minutes yesterday. The refuse evacuation truck belonging to “Paconsu Environmental
By CrossRiverWatch admin A policeman on duty at a popular and fast growing micro finance bank in Cross River State, Ekondo Bank, was shot dead by armed robbers today at Oban in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident which occurred around 11am this morning, according to an eye witness left the
By CrossRiverWatch admin in Germany In his irrepressible desire to see through his signature projects, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today signed the quality control deal for the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu super highway which the governor has proposed as one of his signature projects in his first tenure. The deal which was signed
By Solomon Asha Renowned Calabar based entrepreneur, Richard Akinaka has advocated the need for the Senator Ben Ayade led administration in Cross River State to organize an Investors Summit to chart the right course for the development of the state. Akinaka who is the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Abitto Global Services Limited, a multi-dimensional company
By Kennedy Nsan Members of Cross River State House of Assembly with their colleagues from Plateau State are currently on a retreat in the Obudu Mountain Resort facilitated by a German Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The event is slated for Monday 14th – Thursday 17th June, 2015. The various legislators arrived
By Archibong Jeremiah The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Cross River State Police Command, Hogan Bassey has confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that the Marine Police Base, Marina Calabar South was attacked in the early hours of today Monday 15th June, 2015. According to him the place was attacked by hoodlums and his men are on their