By CrossRiverWatch Admin Immediate past Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, and Chief Press Secretary to former Governor Ben Ayade, Mr. Christian Ita, Esq, has been honored with a Distinguished THISDAY Alumni award at a colorful event held in Abuja. The event was attended by several dignitaries including the Information Minister, Mohammed Idris Malagi, the chairman
Exactly 20 years (2003) this year, our paths, by sheer dint of fate, crossed. It was the birth of Nigeria’s first tabloid, The Sun newspaper. As crew members on the Sunday desk, overseen by one of the icons of the newspaper subsector of the media industry, the Indomitable Louis Odion, Christian and I crossed paths,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obanliku chapter of the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has berated the Cross River State government for sharing images of the Senate President of the second republic, Joseph Wayas in his sick bed in London, the United Kingdom. Wayas, 80, has been battling with an undisclosed health challenge since 2013.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has appointed 527 new aides to fulfil a promise he made to members of All Progressives Congress (APC) when he defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appointments were announced in two batches by his spokesman, Christian Ita — 500 APC members and 27 Special Assistants,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River has sacked his Special Adviser on forest security, Thomas Obi Tawo a.k.a ‘General Iron.’ “The State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade has approved the sack, with immediate effect of Mr. Thomas Obi Tawo, aka General Iron, the Special Adviser on Forest Security,” read a statement signed by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade has again reviewed the curfew he imposed on October 23, 2020. A statement signed by his spokesman, Mr. Christian Ita and issued Monday afternoon, says the curfew is now from midnight till 6:00AM starting from today, 267 days after it was last eased. Mr. Ayade had imposed
By Ushang Ewa Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has relieved four commissioners of their appointments after they refused to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with him. They are Messrs Mike Usibe, Rita Ayim, Asu Okang and Donatus Etim. The quartet had allegedly resigned their appointments after Mr. Ayade was railroaded into
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the gestapo styled takeover of the building which housed the secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State by policemen and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by a former PDP State Chairman, Edim Inok, CrossRiverWatch has compiled statements issued by all parties involved and from