By Ushang Ewa An architectural design team from Dubai last week visited the Calas Vegas twins islands; a proposed new city of the Cross River State Government. The four man team led by Shalini Bhatnagar, a landscape architect said having visited, the team which comprised civil, mechanical, landscaping as well as soft and hard architectural
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has enjoined Cross Riverians and indeed, Nigerians to be patient and hopeful, as the country would surely surmount her challenges. Ayade made the call in his goodwill message to the people of the state on the occasion of Nigeria’s 57th independence anniversary. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The entity made up of the former Ogoja Province now in Cross River State, and the present Northern Senatorial District of the state in particular which is the focus of this article is heavily endowed by the creator with both human and natural resources; agricultural and solid minerals, among others. In terms
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