A few weeks back, upon closing from the office on a Friday, I went to Bedwell street in Calabar, Cross River State to purchase tyres to replace the ones for my Sport Utility Vehicle, something I do annually, and to my chagrin I was asked to pay a whooping N25,000 for each of the tyres.
By Ikwen Atuaka The ‘screening before payment’ method adopted for the payment of local government employees in Cross River state has been heavily criticized from several quarters with the Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE in Obudu, Comrade Ferdinand Ugbong also joining the dissenting voices. Ugbong made his stand known while speaking with
Recently, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) published the final list of successful candidates for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the year 2015. The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who also doubles as the Secretary to the Committee further announced that the new silks would
By Christiana Ukung Alawa The Obudu Face of Culture Queen 2014, Queen Evelyn Ugbaka has said that what makes one unique is culture and that our culture as Cross Riverians is our heritage. She made the pronouncement during a chat with CrossRiverWatch this weekend where she revealed that she had contested over three times consecutively
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The rendering of service to humanity with the fear of God by leaders in various capacities has been described as the essence of true leadership while leaders have also been charged to deliver on their promises as materialism is only momentary. Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade gave this charge
By Jeremiah Archibong, House of Assembly Correspondent Cross River Most Beautiful Girls (CRMBGs), under the stable of Belle’ Sabel’s Model/Grooming Agency have been advised to focus their pet projects more on educating the girl child against social vices and other societal ills. The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon John Gaul
Since the dawn of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria in 1999, Cross River has arguably been a paradise destination in Nigeria in terms of its ever green and clean environment which has made it a haven for tourists within and outside the country. The first Governor of the state in the current democratic dispensation, Mr. Donald
By Sylvia Etta Against the backdrop of recent dissolution of some Federal Boards and Agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari, the governing All Progressives Congress, APC has warned the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr. Dan Abia to desist from continuously occupying the said office in keeping with the dissolution directives. National