By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has signed the Cross River State Livestock and Grazing Management bill into law. The Governor also signed the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption bill recently passed by the Cross River State House of Assembly into law. At the signing ceremony held at the Conference Hall of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian airline, Aero contractors is flying a triangular route between Lagos, Kano and Sokoto airports with an aircraft leased by the Cross River State government. This follows the temporal suspension of operations by the airline on the Lagos – Calabar and Abuja – Calabar route. The airline restricted daily flights to Mondays,
By Patrick Obia The principal of West African People’s Institute, Mrs. Mercy Donatus Etim has said the allegation of extortion from students is a fallacy, untrue and baseless. Mrs. Donatus made the assertion when fielding questions from CrossRiverWatch after a fact-finding visit by the State Commissioner for Quality Education, Dr. Amanke Ebunshua. The Commissioner earlier
By Ogar Monday The member representing Abi/Yakurr in the Green Chambers, Hon. Alex Egbona has called on the Federal Government (FG) to complete the dredging of the Calabar seaport for maximum economic activities. Hon. Egbona who made the call earlier today at the floor of the House of Representatives urged the FG to revisit the
By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria and Cross River State in particular, stakeholders from the Southern Senatorial District have appealed to other districts (North and Central) to support the ‘Back-To-South’ agenda. Yesterday at a press briefing held in the Diamond hall of the Transcorp Hotels in Calabar, the State capital
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State office of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) says it has commenced its rotational Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise to allow more eligible citizens to have access to registration centers. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the State, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe disclosed this in a statement issued on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin All may not be well with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State as Justice Rosemary Dugbo-Oghoghorie of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has made an order of substituted service of the originating summons seeking to remove the current chairman, Alphonsus Eba. Mr. Eba
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has gotten a footage of army men clearing the road block caused by communal crisis between Alesi and Ochon. The crisis erupted yesterday which led to the blocking of the Calabar-Ikom highway. Alesi is in Ikom while Ochon is in Obubra, central senatorial district in Cross River State. Watch: