By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has urged Nigerians to demonstrate utmost gratitude to God as the country marks 56 years of nationhood. Ayade who made the call in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary, Mr Christian Ita, said 56 years of Independence
By CrossRiverWatch admin In a renewed drive to fully commercialise agriculture and to better support crop production, aqua –culture and accelerated rural development, President Buhari announced yesterday that the federal government has already commenced work on all the twelve River Basin Authorities in the country including the Cross River Basin Authority. The twelves basins include:
By CrossRiverWatch admin I have read with laughter the commentaries that followed the stage performance that played out in the last Supreme Court sitting in the above case. I will not attempt to pre-empt the outcome of the case as this will be prejudicial to the administration of Justice and unprofessional. But am constrained to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obudu Face of Culture International Queen, Miss Perpetual Adie has decried the decline of cultural values and the dearth of traditional norms saying they are fast eroding with the history of the people. The Queen, in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch said one of her pet projects will focus on the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Troops from the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Calabar, at the early hours of today, Friday repelled an attack on its soldiers and killed 7 armed militants at Efut Esighi in Bakassi local government area of Cross River. Capt. Kayode Owolabi, Public Relations Officer (PRO) for 13 Brigade who disclosed this
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information contained in a document that breaks down the performance of the 25 members of the 8th Cross River State House of Assembly show that four of the legislators may only have been warming their seats in the House. Hon. Olory Matthew Samuel representing Akamkpa 1 state constituency, Hon. Simon Nkoro representing
By Inyali Peter Two different robbery attacks which occurred at about 1pm in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and another at about 5:25 in Express Supermarket located at Mount Zion street all in Calabar, capital city of Cross River have left two people dead. Narrating the attack in UCTH, an eye witness said that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has introduce e-testing for all categories of drivers in the state. According to the scheme, prospective drivers applying for driver’s licence will now have to do so through an online testing portal. The e-Testing for drivers is one of the innovations introduced by Governor Ben Ayade administration