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90% Of Cross River Government Vehicles Are Unlicensed – Cross River Road Safety Boss

By Ogar Monday The Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Cross River State Command, Chidebere Nkwonta has pleaded with the Cross River State Government to set an example for other motorists by registering its vehicles, saying 90% of the State Government vehicles still remain unregistered despite many pleas by the Command. The Commandant

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Lugard Wall: Depletion Of Forest Reserve A Minus To Cross River – Environmentalist, Santos Odey

By Jonathan Ugbal An environmentalist, Mr. Santos Odey has called on the Cross River State government to act fast in the regeneration of the depleted forest reserve that surrounded the Lugard wall. The Lugard wall was a physical boundary that separated the northern and southern protectorates and serves as boundary between present day Cross River

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Ayade Remains A Committed PDP Member – Aide

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chief Press Secretary of the Cross River State Governor, Mr. Christian Ita has debunked insinuations that the gocernor is planning to cross carpet to the All Progressives Congress APC. In a statement released in Calabar yesterday, Ita said Ayade remains a committed member of the PDP and has no plans of

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Bunkering Is Illegal And Criminal, Get Caught And Face The Law – Cross River Government

By Efa Sunday And Margaret John The Cross River State Government has reiterated its stand on stopping illegal bunkering in some parts of the State warning that bunkering in the state, “Is illegal and it is criminal to engage in bunkering of any magnitude.” The caution was dished out by the State Commissioner for Petroleum

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EXCLUSIVE: How Depletion Of 100 Year Old Lugard Wall Threatens Peace Between Benue And Cross River Communities

By Jonathan Ugbal At first sight, what remains of the thick forest reserve that was the buffer zone to the Lugard wall; an ancient fence that divided the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria gives the visitor a feel of a transition into an area where gods communicate with humans. The wall has since collapsed

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Health Workers In Cross River To Get More Laptops July 25

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The consultant procuring personal computers for civil servants in Cross River State, First Rhema Solutions Limited has said it will distribute the next batch to health workers from July 25, 2018. The Group Managing Director of the firm, Engineer Charles Obi made this disclosure in an interaction with this reporter

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Domestic Resources Mobilization Key To Sustaining Health Interventions – USAID HFG Consultant, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong

By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent A consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Finance and Governance (HFG) initiative, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong has said that mobilizing resources at the domestic level is the most sustainable of way to fund health interventions in Nigeria. Ekpenyong disclosed this in an interview with CrossRiverWatch on

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Obudu/Tiv Crisis: Ayade Directs Troop Deployment

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has directed the immediate deployment of troops from the Brigadier Godwin Ally cantonment in Ogoja to quell the renewed communal clash between the Abonkib community in Obudu local government area and the Mgbazerem community of Vandeikya local government area of Benue state. CrossRiverWatch had earlier reported

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