By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has concluded plans to conduct the long awaited Local Government election in the State is going to hold Saturday, 30 May, 2020. CROSIEC in a statement dated 22 May, 2020, issued in Calabar and signed by its Chairman, Dr. Mike Ushie dished out guidelines as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Medical Association, Cross River State branch, has warned the State Government against the opening of religious activities. The association also called for more testing of suspected persons in the State. Governor Ben Ayade had announced the lifting of ban on religious gatherings after about two months due to COVID-19 outbreak.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has started reordering its priorities to meet up with aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic by taking N4.5 billion from the Local Council purse to invest in the aviation industry. The State Government had in a letter with reference No. MLGA/e-P090/2020 and signed by the Commissioner for Local Government
By Jonathan Ugbal Following weeks of a media face-off between the federal government and the Cross River state government, a seven-man team from the federal ministry of health has arrived Calabar, the state’s capital for an assessment of the level of preparedness as the world battles the SARS – CoV-2 pandemic. Cross River and Kogi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The recent poverty index report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that about 82.9 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. This figure represents 40.1 per cent of the nation’s total population estimated at about 200 million. This is contained in its “2019 Poverty and Inequality” report using the Nigerian Living
This is an Editorial by Punch Editorial Board. Faced with a depressed economy and the grim reality of an inevitable decline in revenues, this is not the time for knee-jerk decisions or cosmetic measures by State Governors wishing to shore up their fast crumbling financial bases. In converse, there can be no better time for serious-minded
Cross River State birthed Akwa Ibom some 30 years ago. As someone who moved to Calabar at about that time, I have been opportuned to watch the gradual weaning and subsequent growth process of Akwa Ibom State in the years that followed and I must confess that it has been commendable especially from the turn
My thumbs-up to the Cross River Online Media, generated unusual responses and from some very unusual quarters too. Little did I know that those innocent thoughts pierced facades and did more than little to whom it may concern and I did not see it coming in that shape. While a majority found the thoughts warming,