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EXCLUSIVE: Ayade To Spend N27,150,818,173.16 On Social Services Personnel And Overhead Cost

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government according to the 2019 budget will be spending N27,150,818,173.16 on Personnel and Overhead Cost under Social Services subhead (Schedule 1). The schedule has four groups, the groups and their assigned total is as follows: Education Personnel Cost: 17,913,830,509.60 Overhead Expenditure: 1,453,042,354.14 Total Recurrent: 19,366,872,863.74 Health Personnel Cost:

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#FreeJalingoNow: Police Rescheduled ‘Interview’ To September 3 – Eyo Ekpo

By Jonathan Ugbal A former Attorney General And Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Mr. Eyo Ekpo has said that the Police had rescheduled its August 26, 2019 invitation handed the Chairman of the Cross River chapter of the African Action Congress, Mr. Agba Jalingo to answer to a petition to September 3, 2019.

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Let Nothing Happen To Jalingo – ACROJ Tells Police, Alleges Evil Gang Up Against Press Freedom In Cross River

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release Gentlemen of the press, at about 4:25pm today, 22/08/2019, men of the Nigerian Police identified to as Intelligence Response Team (IRT), in a commando style, invaded the privacy of one of us, Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and criminally whisked him away. We have been reliably informed that the

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JUST IN: Police Harassed Jalingo’s Wife, Staff, Seized Phones

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Details have emerged how men of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad arrested the Chairman of the African Action Congress in Cross River State, Mr. Agba Jalingo after harassing staff in his wife’s office. Mr. Jalingo, a critic of the Cross River State Government was arrested around 2:00PM on Thursday in his

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BREAKING NEWS: Police Arrest Agba Jalingo In Lagos, To Be Transferred To Calabar Tomorrow Morning

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has confirmed that Comrade Agba has been taken into custody by men of the Nigeria Police Force. Comrade Agba is the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch arrest is in connection with the invitation recently served him by the Police. He currently being held custody at Federal SARS, Ikoyi GRA and is being prepared

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Power Outage Is As A Result Of Marian Market Fire Outbreak – Cross River Government Tell Residents

By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Government has said that the recent blackout experienced in Calabar metropolis in the past few days is as a result of fire outbreak at Marian market from the 23 megawatt power plant which affected transmission cables. This was made known in a release through Governor Ben Ayade’s Chief

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Don’t Be Used For Political War, I Don’t Know Awatt – Asuquo Ekpeyong Jnr To NACRISS

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The immediate past Commissioner for Finance, Cross River State, Mr. Asuquo Ekpeyong, Jnr. has denied having any relationship with one of the Presidential candidates for the on-going election of the National Association of Cross River State Students (NACRISS). Disassociating himself from news making rounds that he’s sponsoring Awatt Eso and is bent

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When A Governor Becomes A Threat To Free Speech And Free Press BY AGBA JALINGO

My constant assertion that Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is a threat to free speech and a free press in Cross River State has been challenged by some of his aides who also want me to proof my allegation with facts. The thing about this administration is that, in the same manner they

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