By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court on Monday, February 14, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo has formally declared her intention to join the forthcoming 2023 Gubernatorial Elections in Cross River State. She made the declaration on Saturday, during an outing with members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in her Ward in Cross River State. While addressing the crowd, she stated unequivocally that the
By Solomon Odeniyi, Punch Newspaper A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations has called on the Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, to lift the ban placed on the activities of civil society organizations in the State. They described the governor’s action as a deliberate attempt to gag CSOs in the State. Addressing journalists in
Thank you Commissioner Amanke for your kind response. I commend you in particular because it has proven difficult, in seven years, for Governor Ben Ayade’s officials to answer to public queries without becoming confrontational, abusive and condescending. You avoided all that in your response and I need to point that out and say, God bless
By Patrick Obia Mr. Castro Ezama, Special Adviser on Education to the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has urged parents and guardians of primary school pupils to retrieve whatever money they have paid for school fees, reiterating that “primary education in Cross River is free and compulsory.” Mr. Castro gave the directive when
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has approached NAFDAC to approve it’s Calachika factory. The Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade while on a tour of the facility disclosed that the approval will go a long way in boosting the chain cycle for chicken farming. As reported by Channels TV, Ayade said the chicken factory is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In commemoration of the 2022 World Cancer day in Cross River, the Nigeria Medical Women Association in conjunction with the Calabar South Local Government Area has flagged off a free cancer screening, awareness and treatment exercise for women in the area, with about 240 women enrolled. Speaking on the development, the Chairman
By Archibong Jeremiah Red flags have been spotted in the Cross River State N354 billion 2022 budget and 2021 budget implementation report. Policy Alert, a non-governmental organization working for improved economic and ecological outcomes in the Niger Delta raised the alarm in a statement. The red spots include: “Government House, which gets a sudden 152