By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal Government Thursday in Abuja, awarded the wife of Cross River Governor, Linda Ayade as “Champion for Women and Children’s Health” in recognition for her role as an influential personality that advocates for Family Planning (FP). Ayade, was honored among several other prominent personalities across the country at the end
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The housing problems plaguing the displaced Bakassi indigenes may soon be a thing of the past as the construction of 300 social housing units for the IDP’s is set to begin next week says Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade. Ayade disclosed this, Saturday while speaking with press men shortly
By Inyali Peter Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State in the last general elections, Mr. Odey Ochicha has described as “Malicious, vexatious and total falsehood” rumor making the rounds that he received money from the People’s Democratic Party to concede defeat to Governor Ben Ayade in the last election.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The marketing team for the for the Calabar Festival/Carnival 2016 is currently wrapping up sponsorship deals with several private companies who are stepping in to sponsor this year’s event. The very formidable team led by Senator Florence Ita Giwa, also includes the Special Adviser, Events and Governor’s Office, Ken Aklah, the Chairman
By Our Correspondent As part of value addition to the state’s tourism offering, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has announced plans to build a beach resort in Calabar. Speaking during the inspection of Nsidung Beach in Calabar South, the governor disclosed that construction work will start by the second week of September this
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The bill seeking to establish the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency Tuesday, passed for the third reading during the plenary of the Cross River State House of Assembly CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The bill, sponsored by Hon. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey and co-sponsored by six other members of the house
By Ikwen Atuaka OBUDU: A mother picked her one year and five months baby she had abandoned 24 hours earlier at the Assemblies of God church premises along Ranch road, Obudu in her bid to direct the clergyman’s attention to the plight of her family. The woman, who simply gave her name as Monica, CrossRiverWatch
By Our Correspondent Barely two months after Cross River Works Commissioner, Dane Asu told CrossRiverWatch that the state has spent some N20billion to fix federal roads, the figure has risen to N25billion. Asu disclosed this Monday, during ‘Ayade’s Cross River’, a live program on the state owned broadcasting outfit CRBC TV anchored by a