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
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
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
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
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
By Violet Isek The Cross River State Government has replied critics of the Governor Ben Ayade led administration who say he may not have performed well. A statement issued by the commissioner for information and orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong in Calabar, the state capital earlier in the week reeled out some projects of the administration
By Jonathan Ugbal A legal practitioner and notary public, Mr. Leonard Anyogo has said that Nigeria is moving to an era where the individual and not the political party win election. The Yache in Yala born native stated this recently in an interview with Channels Television where he said the emergence of Senator Adeleke in
The story of the Cross River State Rice City project can be likened to that of a budding pregnancy. At first, it bears symptoms of an onset of fever and progresses further into physiognomic changes in the carrier of the fetus with manifest signs like vomiting, nausea as well as skin changes. At that embryonic