By Jonathan Ugbal The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has opened a fresh probe into how the Cross River State Government spent its Paris Club loan refund. Bauchi, Delta and Nassarawa states are also being investigated, a detective at the EFCC told the PUNCH. The state had received NGN11,300,139,741.28 out of the over NGN500 billion
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade will today swear in a new commissioner, Mr. Eric Anderson. He is expected to fill in as commissioner for tourism. This is contained in Mr. Ayade’s itinerary signed by the state chief of protocol, Mr. Emmanuel Okon which however failed to disclose who
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s former envoy to South Korea, Ambassador Akpang Obi Odu has described the leadership style of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade as impactful. Odu gave the commendation when he visited Mr. Ayade recently in his office in Calabar where he said Ayade was God sent as his feats were unprecedented and
By Jonathan Ugbal There are 97,500 people living with diabetic retinopathy in Cross River State, a condition that sees about 10 percent of those affected likely to become blind. Already, 1,000 out of the 10,000 blind people living in Calabar Municipal local government area lost their sight due to diabetic retinopathy says the Dr. Betta
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Acting Chief Judge of the Cross River State High Court, Justice Michael Edem has said that more than 22,000 motions, civil and criminal cases are currently pending in the state courts. This comprises of 11,526 civil cases, 8,027 criminal cases and 3,457 motions. And Justice Edem on Monday in a thanksgiving
By Ogar Monday A former Special Adviser, International Donor Cooperation in Cross River State, Roy Ndoma Egba, who served under the previous administration of Senator Liyel Imoke, has stated that the current administration of Senator Ben Ayade has lost international donor “goodwill” and therefore has led to the exit of most of the international partners
By Jonathan Ugbal The Ebonyi State Government has sought the Nigerian Army to pay more attention to its border areas with Cross River State decimated by communal conflicts between communities of both states. Several communities have been at war in the past decade and the Ebonyi state governor, Mr. Dave Umahi told the Chief of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Police, Cross River state command, has released, Ms. Patience Odey, the principal suspect in the attack on suspended UNICAL lecturer, Mr. Joseph Odok, on bail. Odok sustained deep cuts in his right shoulder and breast after he was attacked by three armed men at Zanzee bar in Calabar, following an