By Archibong Jeremiah/Roland Enya-Forte Fuel scarcity has again hit the Cross River State capital, Calabar. Our reporters observed yesterday afternoon that the usual pick and drop which costs N50 has been hiked to N100 while routes that costs N100 were hiked to N200. It was also observed that only few fueling stations were selling fuel.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Government of Cross River State has fired another salvo over the delay in the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment for its proposed 260 kilometers superhighway, threatening the revocation of the land allocated to the National Park in the state. The Superhighway is part of the signature projects of Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yesterday I got a call from Agba Jalingo to be a guest on his radio program “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”. The topic for discussion was “Regulating Hawking and Street Vending in Cross River; the Right way?” The Cross River State House of Assembly has just passed a bill to legalize hawking
By Ogar Monday A coalition of Nongovernmental organizations with interest in child rights, Prevent Abuse Against Children Today (PACT) has said it will soon beginning collating information of kids living in the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. PACT secretary, Theresa Okpa made this known recently while attending to some kids who decided
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it is set to commission its 21 megawatts (MW) power plant on May 27 following approval from the federal government and near completion of the project. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade told journalists recently at the site of the plant in the outskirts
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Reports available to CrossRiverWatch have revealed that the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has indefinitely suspended the pay rolling/ payment of salaries to 40 newly employed law officers at the Ministry of Justice, Calabar thereby subjecting the affected lawyers to miserable hardship. This was contained in a letter dated
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has described as tragic the loss of lives at a viewing center in Calabar, the state capital. Ayade who is currently in Geneva, Switzerland for a world summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases said it was horrifying and heart wrenching that lives of young
By Ushang Ewa At least seven (7) football fans have died due to electrocution following a transformer explosion Thursday night at Inyangasang area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. CrossRiverWatch gathered that a high tension cable dropped on a match viewing centre after the explosion causing about 30 fans watching a football match to