By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Army has confirmed that militants killed one of its personnel in Bakassi Local Government Area on Saturday. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, who confirmed the incident in a statement, however, said the troops killed two of the militants in the attack that occurred in the morning. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin John Inyang, The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in Cross River State temporarily lost his cool with a CrossRiverWatch correspondent following his persistent inquiry over why staff of the ministry locked the yet–to–be-opened radio station belonging to former NNPC top gun, Jedy Agba. Inyang had initially declined comments claiming he was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has declined direct comments on the data from the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) that its external debt currently stands at about 131.469 million dollars i.e. over 41 billion Naira. The Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong and his counterpart in Information and Orientation, Friday declined comments on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government has approved and signed off the contract for the Calabar – Lagos railway line says Usani Usani, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs. The railway line had generated so much controversy earlier in the year over its budget with conflicting views from the Executive and National Assembly over its
By Our Correspondent The Obudu Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received another boost in logistics and mobility following the donation of a 18 seater Toyota Hiace bus to them by the former Group General Manager of the Crude Oil Marketing Department of the NNPC, Jedy Agba. This comes barely 3 weeks after
By Our Correspondent The use of antibiotics for the treatment of diarrhea is wrong and health care givers should desists from doing so as they risk complicating health matters warns the Cross River State government. The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Betta Edu, stated this Thursday while flagging off
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The 28 commissioners in the Governor Ben Ayade led administration in Cross River State have received new utility vehicles 10 months after they were sworn in. It is unclear if the vehicles, 2015 model Ford Ranger utility vans are part of the car loan scheme introduced in May by
By Jonathan Ugbal The Niger Delta Development Commission has commenced the rehabilitation of the Calabar – Itu road following months of complaints by motorists plying the route. CrossRiverWatch took a tour of the road Saturday and spoke with motorists at different sections of the road with findings revealing that work stepped up after the visit of