By Ikwen Atuaka Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been urged to reconsider his directive on the date for payment of salaries to ensure local government workers get paid in time too. The Chairman National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE Obudu chapter Ferdinand Ugbong stated this in a message to CrossRiverWatch explaining
By CrossRiverWatch admin A statement from the Chief Press Secretary to the Cross River State Governor, Mr. Christian Ita says, the Cross River State Government is inviting all those who had applied for recruitment into the state’s Green Police as well the Garment Factory from the Central and Northern Senatorial Districts for a screening exercise
By CrossRiverWatch admin Three armed men nabbed by security operatives in Obudu local government area over alleged robbery earlier this week have been transferred to the state headquarters of the Nigeria Police in Calabar. Sources reveal that the three were part of a four man gang, two from Obudu and two from Benue state and
By Bassey Inyang The All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Central Senatorial district of Cross River State, has announced that it has formally invited the former Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) and third republic governor, Mr. Clement Ebri to join the party in order to strengthen it ahead of future elections, and in
By Jonathan Ugbal The accessibility of legislators by their constituents has been described as a panacea for effective representation which will translate into true development and continuous meaningful empowerment. The member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the National Assembly Legor Idagbo made this known on Saturday August 29, 2015 when he opened his constituency office
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent The embargo placed on employment by the past administration of Cross River State may soon be lifted even as northern Cross Riverians may soon enjoy improvement in power supply. Cross River’s governor Ben Ayade made this promises in his native Kakum village, Obudu local government area in a thanksgiving
By Ushang Ewa In a bid to keep the city of Calabar clean and green, the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) carried out what CrossRiverWatch gathered is tagged ‘Operation keep Calabar green’ by driving away street sellers with our reporter witnessing scenes of selective implementation of the directive. The exercise which had much focus on
The University of Calabar is one academic environment that was known all over Nigeria for notoriety. It was a breeding ground of cultists and cultism, academic dropouts and half baked graduates. Academic excellence was not in the agenda. Massive academic corruption from every angle, high scale rackets in examination scores, upgrading, and outright sorting from