By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has failed to announce the 300 new appointments as promised 3 weeks ago. As reported by CrossRiverWatch, Ayade told journalists in a media parley that he will appoint 300 more people as part of his administration’s policy to engage more Cross Riverians and
By Our Correspondent Residents of Bogobiri community in Calabar, the Cross River State capital may be sleeping better now following a free medical outreach carried out by the Cross River State government Tuesday, as part of activities marking the Eid El-Kabir celebrations. The residents trooped out in their numbers as staff of the Cross River
The act of leadership and being in a position of power and authority is not all about dishing out orders and commands here and there to subordinates and expecting them to perform miracles which the leader himself could not perform. Being a leader at any position of authority takes more than exuding an air of
By Our Correspondent The current economic situation faced by Nigerians can only be solved by a change in attitude says Cross River governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Ayade made the call in his Eid-El-Kabir message to the Muslim faithful where he stressed the need for all to have a sober reflection on the state of economy
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government has commended the Cross River State Government for signing into law, the State Health Insurance Scheme bill christened ‘Ayadecare’. The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf disclosed this recently in a meeting with Health Stakeholders in the state where he also lauded the passion and
By Ikwen Atuaka Obudu: Farmers in the Abonkib clan of Obudu local government area Thursday fled their farmlands following gunshots allegedly fired by the neighboring Tiv clan in Vandeikya local government area in Benue state. The farmers, CrossRiverWatch gathered, numbered over twenty and could not continue work on their farms following sustained shots being fired by
By Bassey Inyang The Governing Council of the University of Calabar has formally approved the suspension order handed down to the Bursar of the Institution, Mr Peter Agi, by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Zana Akpagu. A release issued by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Moses Abang, indicated that at the 145th meeting of the
By Bassey Inyang A student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and son of a Dean has been kidnapped while two other persons received gunshot wounds following the invasion of the institution’s staff quarters by kidnappers who also robbed their victims of valuable property. The authorities of the university who made the disclosure of Friday