By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why he is not interested in expanding and upgrading the Bebi Airstrip near the Obudu Ranch Resort to an international passenger and cargo airport, saying the strip is nestled in a magnetic mountain with high accidents rate. The governor disclosed this while hosting
I read without an atom of surprise the news about Governor Ben Ayade’s repression against correspondents of the underlisted media organisations at the Government House in Cross River State: CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM. It is the sort of action I have long expected from the governor. It has never been a
By Jonathan Ugbal Four billion Naira has been earmarked for the food bank program of Governor Ben Ayade’s administration in Cross River State the 2019 chart of accounts reveal. The figure is N1.5 billion lesser than the N5.5 billion earmarked for the scheme in 2018. The food bank is a scheme designed to provide food
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Gab Adah, the chairman of Grand Evolution, a political support group for Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade who was kidnapped last week Thursday in Calabar has been released family sources told CrossRiverWatch on Saturday. Mr. Adah, a cousin to the Governor was released around 1:00AM on Saturday morning after the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has barred Government House Correspondents of CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM from covering his activities. The Governor’s directive, CrossRiverWatch gathered, was given after the recent release of a video where he, alongside his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu were dancing to tunes
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has barred Government House Correspondents of CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM from covering him and the Executive arm of Government. The Governor’s decision which our newsroom confirmed from sources to bar them has not been known as at the time of filing
RE: HOUSE BILL 1293, A BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OGOJA 2019. Your Excellency, We write on behalf of the entire Youths and people of Northern Cross River State Senatorial district. First to congratulate you on your well deserved victory in the March 9, 2019 Governorship elections and your subsequent inauguration
Do you know that budget allocations for LGAs, Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries are all paid into a joint account which is controlled by the state Governor alone? In Cross River state for instance, 
The State House of Assembly only has a recurrent/expenditure bank account. Anytime the House has a need, an event or