By Margaret John, State House of Assembly Correspondent The Committee on Land Acquisition constituted by the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has appeared before the State Assembly following the heated debate by Cross Riverians of its mandate which is to acquire 200, 000 hectares of land from five undisclosed LGA’s in the
By Philip Agba The Christian Council of Nigeria, Cross River State has held its 12th Annual Interdenominational Thanksgiving Service after inauguration of its new State Executives. The service took place over the weekend at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Anglican Communion, Calabar, and was the culmination of a three-day workers seminar with the theme; “O’ Sleeper,
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has appropriated over N14.5 billion for tourism related activities under the purview of the Special Adviser Governor’s Office, a study of the 2019 budget of Qabalistic Densification shows. A newly introduced African Festival of Arts and Culture (Africult) will cost the State N300 million while a motor
By Ushang Ewa Men suspected to be personnel of Nigeria’s Secret Police, the SSS are said to have stormed the headquarters of the Ministry of Lands and Housing Development in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday to trace the leak of a document earlier published by CrossRiverWatch. The document contains an approval for
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has asked the 18 Heads of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) in the State to raise N2.5 million each for “security cover.” The HOLGAs are the most senior civil servants in the local governments and have ran the councils since December
The governor of Cross River state in southern Nigeria claimed that only 1.1% of total crime in Nigeria was committed in his state, making it the safest in the country. The best statistics available from the National Bureau of Statistics don’t back up the governor’s claims – 1.61% of all crimes in the country are
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CRS-SUBEB), has suspended Ikwa Bassey Eteng a primary school teacher of Migrant Government School, Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, for defrauding members of the public worth thousands of naira during the Board’s recruitment exercise. One of his victims, Mercy Oduba said she paid over
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Clan Head of Usumotong Community in Abi local government area of Cross River State, HRH Chief Stephen Eremi, says reports that his people beheaded two persons from neighbouring Ebom Community in the same area, are false. Eremi rather alleged the two beheaded persons were from Usumutong, and were killed by the