By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross Riverians have been assured that the 26 MegaWatts Tinapa Power plant proposed by Governor Ben Ayade will be ready in 18 months and will boost electricity supply to investors who are coming into the state. The assurance was given during the signing of an agreement between the state government and a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigeria Army recently paraded four suspected criminals in Ikang, Bakassi local government area. The four are alleged to be notorious hoodlums that have been terrorizing the area. According to a reliable source, the culprits, whose identities are said to be questionable, are believed to have been involved in criminal
By Jeremiah Archibong Four persons are currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, State Housing State division for defacing Cross River State capital city of Calabar in what the state’s Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSAA) says is a bid to rid the streets of defaulters. The Director General of the Agency, Stanley
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the alert by the Federal Government of two confirmed falsified versions of Quinine Sulphate in circulation, the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency has placed machinery in motion to checkmate the situation, a statement from the agency says. The Federal Ministry of Health had in a statement signed by its
By Jeremiah Archibong Basic education in Cross River State before the advent of the incumbent administration was below expectations says the Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB) Dr. Stephen Odey. Stephen who disclosed this recently in his office while addressing executives of the Cross River state branch of the Young Lawyers Forum
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obudu Mountain Resort does not generate income for the Cross River State Government says the Special Adviser on event’s management and Governor’s office, Kenneth Aklah CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Aklah who says the facility does not generate enough to pay the salaries of staff, disclosed this recently on “The Dialogue
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River State is set to benefit increased support from the United States on Malaria, Maternal and Child Health says the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. Michael Harvey, the Mission Director of USAID disclosed this Wednesday, in Abuja when he received the wife of
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The wife of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Omotunde Ivara-Esu has retired from the state’s civil service after 35 years of service. Omotunde who got to the zenith of the civil service, until her retirement was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government Affairs and