By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today June 4, 2015 swear-in the Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Tina Agbor. A statement issued by the Special Adviser, Media and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Christian Ita, indicates that the event will take place at the State Executive
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has scrapped the weekly Executive Council meetings. The weekly meetings which review the activities of government in the state usually have governor, deputy, commissioners, special advisers and permanent secretaries in attendance. The sessions have been largely regarded by a cross section of Cross Riverians as not
By Thankgod Inyang The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Calabar branch recently elected new executive members to pilot the affairs of the branch for the next two years. CrossRiverWatch reporter who was at the event reports that the event which took place at Marian Hotel Calabar alongside the annual general meeting was attended by majority of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Text of inaugural speech of the the new governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade. “Fellow Cross Riverians with the greatest humility, I stand before you today to answer the call of history and, accept with an open heart and hands, the monumental challenge to provide leadership to one of Nigeria’s
By Aplefe Ojong A total sum N1.9 billion has been expended by the outgoing administration of Senator Liyel Imoke as scholarship awards to 5,362 indigenes of Cross River state. The outgoing Commissioner for Education, Professor Offiong Offiong who disclosed this during the end of tenure ministerial press briefing at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre,
By Our Correspondent The Eight years of Governor Liyel Imoke’s administration in Cross River state has been eventful and free of press gagging. This was the commendation given to the outgoing governor of Cross River state, Senator Liyel Imoke during a valedictory media parley in government house, Calabar yesterday. The event was moderated by the
By Christiana Ukung Alawa/Oto-Obong Clement Edet Marshal Effiom and Marvelous Etim have both emerged Children’s Day Prince and Princes pageantry 2015 respectively. The duo in separate remarks after victory, expressed joy and thanked God for their triumph. They lauded their parents for supporting them and advised other kids to work harder next time. They were
By Aplefe Ojong Last Friday in Calabar, Cross River state, a young man, now on the run, stabbed a girl in her early twenties simply identified as Queen to death over a mobile phone at Nelson Mandela street by Target road, Calabar South LGA. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered that a girl friend to the late Queen