By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River government amongst other things has as its agenda for 2016, the push to concession the Calabar-Itu federal highway with finding oil and gas deposits in the state, says the governor, Benedict Ayade. Ayade also says there is need for Cross Riverians to believe their potentials in
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade, has unveiled the 2016 Carnival Calabar theme with the view to ensure adequate preparations just as he revealed plans to host what he called the maiden African love festival. Ayade retained “Climate Change” as the theme which makes it the first time in the
By Archibong Jeremiah, House of Assembly Correspondent Legislative Aides to Honorable members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have revealed to CrossRiverWatch that eight months after the commencement of the 8th Assembly, they still don’t know their fate. In separate confessions, most of them who spoke to our House of Assembly correspondent under
We have entered a new year 2016 which happens to be an election year in Cross River State as we expect the present Local Government Administration to come to an end and prepare to elect a new set of leaders at that level. I will like to use this platform to reach out to an
When not surprisingly the Buhari led coalition of the change mantra APC swept out the PDP federal Government and most of the states in the country, it became obvious that some states like Cross River state that succeeded in keeping an all PDP victory through a very stiffly contested and controversial delegate elections and the
Over the past few days, I have been inundated with media reports on the gesture of love, goodwill and generosity extended to constituents by their able representatives of the lower and upper chambers of the National Assembly, especially in the spirit of the yuletide season. In fact, further findings reveal that such gestures have become
On Sunday, 6th December, 2015 I woke up to check some updates on facebook as I usually do on a daily basis. As the notification page popped up, my eyes were opened to the saddest and soberest realization of that fateful day. My very good friend and brother, Barr Max Ogar had posted a message
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration is committed to planting 5 million trees to support afforestation and climate change. Ayade stated this while flagging off the Green Carnival, the first of its kind in Africa, held in Calabar, the Cross River capital. According to the governor, “Calabar is