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Gunmen Invade Cross River Ministry of Youths to Snatch Election Materials

by crossriverwatch admin Following the intervention of the Cross River State Ministry of Youth and Sports in the crisis rocking the Akansoko Youth Council, AYC in Akpabuyo LGA occasioned by a petition to the Honorable Commissioner, Mr. Patrick Ugbe by four village heads and eight youths of the community, elections earlier scheduled for the 11th

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Consultants Strike Paralyse Activities in Unical Teaching Hospital

by crossriverwatch admin Consultants in the University of Calabar teaching Hospital, UCTH, have proceeded on an indefinite industrial action following the non-payment of the their allowances since February this year. The strike by the consultants called under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants Association Of Nigeria, MEDICAN has paralysed activities at the hospital as

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Imoke Charges Navy on Calabar Referral Hospital

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has charged the Nigerian Navy to ensure that the Naval Referral Hospital in Calabar, which construction began about 35 years ago is completed and put to use within the life time of the present administration. Imoke gave the charge when the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC)

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Cross River Assembly Approves 1.5Billion Education Intervention Fund

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly on Thursday granted Senator Liyel Imoke’s request to withdraw the sum of N1.5billion from the Cross River State Reserve Fund for the execution of projects in the educational sector. Hon Jacob Otu-Enyia, Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, while presenting the report to the House

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Senator Ayade CBN Empowerment Trainees Graduate

by crossriverwatch admin Young Entrepreneurs are set to emerge from the Cross River North Senatorial District as fifty persons sponsored by Sen. Ben Ayade the senator representing the Cross River North District have passed out of an accelerated enterpreneursship traning from the Central Bank Enterprenurship Development Center in Calabar. The intensive Entrepreneurship training which started

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Dansa Support Cross River Communities With Bridge, Oil Palm Seedlings

by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has commended Dansa Agro Allied Products Limited for the Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) projects it carried out for its host communities in the state, saying that the company had invested billions of naira to boost the agricultural sector within Akampka Local Government Area. The Governor who

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The Herd Mentality in Cross River State BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin I unabashedly belong to APC. There is no doubt about that. I do not belong to PDP. So somebody may argue that the problem of PDP in Cross River State should not be my headache and business. I am talking about the draconian, undemocratic and dictatorial removal of my friend, Dr. Sandy

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Imoke’s Government Becoming Totalitarian – Olumba Obu

by crossriverwatch admin Leader Olumba Obu, the spiritual head of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star based in Calabar, the Cross River state capital has declared that the government of Senator Liyel Imoke is fast becoming totalitarian. In a statement released on Tuesday in Calabar on his behalf and signed by Bishop Princely Ibeabuchi,

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