By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has hailed the performance of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Atiku who also described Ayade as an epitome of good governance, stated this, Monday, at the state executive council chambers, Calabar when
By Violet Isek The minority leader of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that residents of Akwa Ibom state were used to spending their weekends in Calabar, the Cross River State capital just to see the beautification of the city by former Governor Donald Duke. Mr. Akpabio said all this had to stop
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two policemen serving at Ugep Area Command are currently being detained and interrogated at the State Police Headquarters, Calabar in connection with the recent killing of two police officers on duty at ITM, Ugep. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the duo, Felix Etta Ibor and Okpa Okpa Ofem, both from Yakurr LGA are suspected
By Ukung Alawa Members of the Amalgamated Union of Livestock and Agric Produce sellers in northern Cross River state, have accused some officials of the state government of severally attempting to illegally extort livestock dealers coming into the state. This accusation is coming on the heels of a new list of 14 illegal levies that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the ban of codeine containing syrups, the Cross River State Government has inaugurated a Health Emergency Response Team in the state to work in synergy with the State Drug Abuse Control Committee (SDACC). According to the Cross River State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong and CrossRiverWatch Man Of The Year
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said that his decision to embark on so many projects despite lean resources in his first term in office is because he does not want to leave any project incomplete or abandoned at the point of his exit from office. Governor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The APC congress in Cross River state was postponed due to suspicions that the Leader of the party, Pastor Usani Usani may have compromised the congress committee who on arrival acted in a suspicious manner. Led by Senator Owan Enoh and Ntufam Hilliard Eta, National Vice Chairman, South South, leaders and members
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. John Oyegun has constituted a new ward congress committee for Cross River State. The committee is to be headed by Major General AT Umar (rtd) from Nassarawa state and he is billed to organize the congresses which failed to hold on Sunday, May