By CrossRiverWatch Admin One person has been feared killed, several others injured and over six houses razed as Igwo Community in Obudu Council Area of Cross River State yesterday clashed over N500m compensation from the State Government over the proposed Cargo Airport. Community sources said the youths went on a rampage and attacked some Chiefs
The pictures in the news story with the floodlights in the background indicate that the Commissioner for Lands is referring to the site of the former Nigerian Navy Clinic close to the UJ Esuene Stadium. He claims that the Navy is building a hotel on that former site. Yet the last time I drove past
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Five foreign nationals have been placed under observation in Cross River State over coronavirus. Beta Edu, the State’s Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Saturday, saying two of the foreigners are from Europe, one from India and two from China. Edu said none of them has shown any symptoms so far, adding
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House Of Assembly has postponed confirmation of the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme earlier scheduled for today. Speaking to newsmen, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Francis Bassey (Odukpani) said the decision to postpone the confirmation was taken by members at an executive
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it has activated measures to checkmate the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the state after the first case of it was announced by Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire. The health commissioner, Betta Edu told this reporter in a telephone conversation that over 5,500 medical kits
By Archibong Jeremiah The loggerhead between the Cross River State Government and the Nigerian Navy over land has taken a new dimension as some Cross Riverians have protested and urged the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to leave Navy Land alone. The peaceful protesters (Cross River State Progressive Forum) marched in Calabar, the Cross River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following public outcry over menace of potholes all over major towns and cities of Cross River State, Governor Ben Ayade has said that his job as a Governor does not include mending inner city roads or potholes. In an interview he granted the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) International, Ayade said his tenure
By CrossRiverWatch Admin None of Nigeria’s 36 States could fully fund their 2019 budget with funds they received from both the federation account and internally generated revenues. In most cases, the funds couldn’t pay up to 50 per cent of their expenditures, writes Chineme Okafor and published by This Day Newspaper. A new quarterly report