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RIGHT OF REPLY: Re: Governor Ayade: Still On The Trail Of Investors BY EMMANUEL ETIM

By CrossRiverWatch Admin This is a rejoinder to the article titled ” Governor Ayade: Still on the Trail of “Investors “! ” posted by Barrister Venatius Ikem on his facebook timeline on Saturday 4th Febraury, 2017 at about 11am. In the said write up, Barr. Ikem raised a few pungent issues. I want to put

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Ayade Departs London For South Africa For High Level Meeting With Agric/Infrastructure Investors

By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state is expected to depart London for South Africa tomorrow where he is scheduled to hold a high level meeting with investors in the Agriculture sector and infracstructure development in the state. The governor is also expected to leave South Africa after the meeting and return

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New City Development Ministry Embarks On Sensitization Visit To Obudu

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has commenced negotiations with communities in the northern town of Obudu which is to house the Obudu New City. The New Cities Development Commissioner, George Ekpungu led a team recently to sensitize the locals and chiefs of Ipong ward in Obudu local government area on the project.

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Cross River Secures Foreign Direct Investment To Overhaul Education Sector

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has disclosed that his administration on Monday, secured Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) to further the nation’s education sector. Ayade, who met with a cross-section of business community in London, along with a leading international financial services business, Falcon Group, and Nigeria based investment bridge and financial

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DSS Operatives Invade Federal Government Girls College Calabar, Brutalize Teachers, Cart Away Phones

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Academic activities at the Federal Girls’ College on Thursday, Febraury 2, 2017 were abruptly brought to a halt when a team of gun tottering officers and men of the State Security Service (DSS) forcefully shot open the school gate and mercilessly beat up every male teacher in sight. CrossRiverWatch gathered that an

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Invitation To World Government Summit Is Highest Recognition Ever Bestowed On Cross River Assembly – Speaker

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that an invitation sent to him to attend the World Government Summit WGS 2017, in Dubai is the highest recognition and opportunity ever to be bestowed on the Cross River State House of Assembly. The World

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If You Are A Fake Certificate Holder, Confess To Me, I Will Grant You Amnesty – Cross River SUBEB Chair

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Stephen Odey, has said shady discoveries in the personnel verification and biometric data capturing of teachers have vindicated the Board. Odey, who briefed reporters in Calabar on the exercise, said fraudulent activities were discovered, including teachers with fake certificates and ghost

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Calabar: Man Accuses Own Daughters Of Witchcraft, Poisons Them With Malt And Acid Mixture

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a 40-year-old man, Anyanime Festus, who allegedly poisoned his twin daughters in Akampka Local Government Area of Cross River, because he felt they were responsible for his parents’ death. The arrest was effected by the Divisional Police Station, Akampka, before the suspect

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