By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday, ordered that payment of June 2015 salary of the state civil servants be done not later than Friday, June 26th. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Tina Banku Agbor, said “The gesture is in keeping with Governor Ayade’s commitment
Being the full text of a lecture presented by Dr. Njar, Gertrude Nnanjar, Chairman, Nigeria Institution of Surveyors, Cross River Chapter at the International Federation of Surveyors 2015 conference held at National Palace of Culture – Congress Center Sofia, Bulgaria. KEYWORDS: Location Based Services, Spatial Service Sharing, Spatial Information, Geospatial Web Services, Mobile GIS Systems,
By CrossRiverWatch admin International Widows Day takes place every year on 23rd June. It was initially launched by the Loomba Foundation at the House of Lords in London in 2005. The date, 23 June, was chosen because on this day, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, Lord Loomba’s mother and the inspiration for the Foundation, became a
By CrossRiverWatch admin The immediate past Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN has returned to legal practice after spending a record three terms in the red chambers. In a telephone chat with CrossRiverWatch, Egba said the transition back to his first love, which is legal practice, is seamless though he had
I met Princewill Odidi on Facebook in 2014. Our interaction developed from a strong emotional affinity created by our intellectual passions for similar questions. Odidi is a brilliant scholar and professional who writes intelligently and shares regularly, ideas that I find very insightful. That I am compelled to read, re-read, and respond to his article
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA have criticized the proposed Cross River State Legislative Direction, CRSLD 2015-2019, which was presented to the House in their inaugural plenary today by the Speaker, Hon. John Gaul Lebo. Having described the legislative direction as a road map to guide the House
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has constituted a five man committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that relevant Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA’s) statutorily responsible for keeping roads safe in the state to swing into action and clear petroleum tankers parking along major roads in the state capital.
By Our Government House Correspondent The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. Christian Ita, has debunked reports trending in the social media that Calabar, the state capital had allegedly come under military bombardment. Ita described the report as unfounded and untrue, adding that