By Our Correspondent The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has assured councillors in the state of payment of their legislative vote (allowances) which is in arrears. Hon. Lebo who gave the assurance recently when he received the Abi Legislative Council in his office, said that issues surrounding the
By Our Correspondent Mr. Joe Agi, SAN a PDP governorship aspirant in the last general election in Cross River State, has said that he is yet to notice any developmental strides in the State since Ayade took over as governor of the state. Agi who is seeking to remove Ayade in Court has also appealed
By Jonathan Ugbal Six graduating students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) have designed and fabricated a single rotor helicopter. The students Johnson Wonah, Ide Okokon, Nwadike Okechukwu, Princeton Tabontdip, Eteng Eteng and Agba Denis designed and fabricated the engineering piece as their practical project work which is
By CrossRiverWatch admin FBN Capital Limited has announced the successful conclusion of the Series 1 Bond Issuance offer for the Cross River State Government, under its N40 billion bond issuance program. The 7-year tenured Bonds with maturity due in 2022 were issued via a Book Building process by FBN Capital Limited, following its appointment as
By CrossRiverWatch admin Security has been beefed up along the waterways linking Itu and Ibiono local government areas of Akwa Ibom State with neighbouring Odukpani local government area of Cross River State to dislodge sea pirates and miscreants from continuous attack of innocent citizens operating from the creeks joining the two sister states. Newly posted
By Ikwen Atuaka The camping exercise for the Obudu Face of Culture (FOC) has begun with outgoing Queen Evelyn Ugbaka tutoring the contestants on certain standards CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The camp which currently has eleven contestants is expected to terminate shortly before the event scheduled for the Obudu new yam festival day with the outgoing
I told CrossRiverWatch Ukung’s Alawa on telephone after reading her piece titled ‘Who owns these roads’ that unless a visionary takes the mantle of leadership and Cross Riverians take charge of the electoral process as well as the evaluation, implementation and monitoring of projects, we will continuously see a microscopic few with a bourgeois mentality
By Ushang Ewa The first semester examinations of the 2014/2015 session in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) may yet again be postponed as the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) failed to resolve teething issues between them and management. ASUU met earlier today to resolve whether to continue their hunger