By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been given the go ahead by the State House of Assembly, to source for private partners that will fund the execution of his proposed signature projects. The mandate was given to the governor by a unanimous resolution of the
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has assured private investors that the proposed Calabar Deep Seaport would be ready for use in 18 months. Governor Ayade gave the assurance yesterday on the occasion of the official commissioning of the 40 million litres capacity tank farm, FYNFIELD Petroleum, at the Calabar Free
By Aplefe Ojong About four hundred members of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) chapter, have commenced an indefinite strike over their working conditions. President of the association, Dr. Ukweh Ikechukwu, said the total strike was sequel to a 21-day ultimatum which ended on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015. He spoke
By Our Correspondent Two former General Managers of the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation (names withheld), have been fingered in the alleged illegal purchase of the Corporation’s property located at A9/4 and A9/6, Third Avenue, State Housing Estate, Calabar. The properties were said to have been acquired by the Newspaper firm in 1974 from the
“I did not inherit a State with 30 billion, and I also did not inherit an empty State. I inherited a State with great potentials; No society can truly be measured by the money in a treasury.” -Governor Benedict Ayade Governor Ayade Benedict of Cross River State is not from this planet if you ask
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government and Silverbird Group, yesterday signed a 4-year management contract for the hosting of Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN), at the prestigious five thousand seat capacity Calabar International Convention Center (CICC). According to the agreement, Calabar will play host to both the Most Beautiful Girl
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River born Director General of the State Security Service, SSS Ita Ekpenyong, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. The sack of the SSS DG was announced in a statement today by Haruna Imrana, the Director of Communications in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi
By Archibong Jeremiah, House of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA), Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that it is constitutional and statutory for local government councils, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) in the state to submit their income and expenditure profile to the house for the relevant committee to