By Our Correspondent Mr. Paul Erokoro, SAN, Counsel to the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has described as ridiculous, any attempt to suggest that the governor forged his age declaration. In a clarification yesterday by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, he said, “The suggestion that the Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade forged his
By Archibong Jeremiah/Jonathan Ugbal/ Oto-Obong Edet The Speaker of the 8th Cross River State Assembly, CRSHA, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said he is indebted to the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. He made the remark while speaking after his inauguration today in the Assembly. He went on to state that
By Thankgod Inyang The Commissioner of Police, Cross River State command, Henry Fadairo has tasked the Nigeria Police Secondary School Ex-Students Association (Police Ambassadors) executive members to lead by example and aspire within the ambits of the law. He made the charge while speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the union exco to pilot the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Unlike the horse trading that trailed the emergence of the National Assembly leadership, all is now calmly set for the member-elect representing Abi State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo to emerge Speaker of the Assembly at the inauguration billed for this
By Ovai Marvelous, in Biase A commuter bus belonging a transport company Romchi had a head on collision with a truck along the Calabar – Ikom highway on Tuesday, 9th June 2015 around Ibiae palm estate close to Betem in Biase, Local Government Area of Cross River State leaving nineteen passengers dead. The bus which
By Aplefe Ojong A communication mast belonging to the Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Nigeria, located along Ikot Nsisuk, Off Akai Effa Road by MCC, Calabar was on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 burnt down by a raging inferno. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered at the scene of the incident that the fire which started at about 9:20 am
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to foster peace in troubled boundary communities in Cross River and Ebonyi states, the governments of both states have met and agreed that the various moribund peace committees at the four flash points of dispute will be resurrected. This among others were the resolutions of a
By CrossRiverWatch admin Piqued by a United Nations report which indicates that the state forest was being depleted at a rate of over 6 per cent annually, some key staff of the State Forestry Commission and the Anti-Deforestation Taskforce have been arrested on the orders of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. The affected persons