By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River University of Technology came alive on Thursday, September 22nd 2016 as it played host to the 2016 Prep2Grad Symposium – The CRUTECH Edition. The Symposium is a flagship initiative of the Afterschool Centre for Career Development – a non-governmental, capacity development organization committed to inspiring, investing and engaging young
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has reassured Cross Riverians that his government has taken all the necessary actions to prevent loss of jobs in the state as the country battles economic recession. Giving this assurance at the opening ceremony of a 3-day high-level training workshop for gender desk heads in ministries,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Facts are gradually emerging on what are some of the reasons behind the dramatic withdrawal of support for Governor Ayade by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the legal tussle between the governor and Joe Agi, SAN at the Supreme Court. The PDP took many by surprise at the Supreme
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