Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner of Information, Chief Akin Rickets has expressed high hopes that the concession agreement between the state government and Chris Parkes Marketing Solution, CPMS Africa for the collection of signage rates will yield positive results in due course. The Information Commissioner bared his mind at the toasting ceremony of
Political loyalty is a good thing, but can produce fatal results if mismanaged. The current crisis in PDP Cross River State is a direct result of the fatality of Political loyalty. The high handedness expressed by the political leadership in the state has produced followers who are too scared to take independent decisions even on
By Sylvia Etta The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the Federal High Court to dismiss a suit filed by some members of the party in Cross River State praying for a restraining order on the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, from using the result of the ward congresses other than the
By Laureta Akpan Video tapes have emerged showing the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke endorsing the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN for a third term in office during the 2011 campaigns. In the video tapes of the 2011 campaigns in Yakurr and Abi LGA as well as meetings with stakeholders, the governor is seen
By Elijah Ugani The Students’ Union Government (SUG), of the Federal College of Education, FCE Obudu have finally elected a new Executive after seven years of ban by the then Governing Council headed by Chief Linus Okom, (Ada Bekwarra) in 2007. The ban followed the riot that erupted then in the school and was blamed
By Aplefe Ojong Residents of Calabar Metropolis, the capital city of Cross River State are now living in constant fear as men of the underworld are on rampage in the city. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Calabar has so much become a fertile territory for the bandits that they now operate with all amount of impunity. Stories
By Sylvia Etta After the long lull in government activities in the state due to the temporary relocation of the state government to Abuja following the rancor that followed the PDP Ward Congresses, the State governor, Liyel Imoke finally arrived Calabar this evening amidst cheers from PDP supporters at the airport. CrossRiverWatch was at the
By Aplefe Ojong The Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, is to donate a total sum of N5 million in the next five years to the newly launched Endowment Fund of the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Senator Ndoma-Egba who was represented at the Endowment Fund Launch/Lecture held at the