By Patrick Obia and Sylvia Akpan Despite hesitancy by the Cross River State police command to comment on the crushing of Sergeant Obasse Barong of the traffic division by a truck earlier this week, calls have been mounting for justice. The Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan in a statement said the command is piqued by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade has said that all public examinations conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) are now made compulsory for all public schools in the State reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Public schools in Cross River only register students for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations
The Conversation is Series of discussions between CrossRiverWatch investigators and those exempted from paying tax in Cross River State. The Conversation was produced by CrossRiverWatch in partnership with Civic Media Lab through its Grassroots News Project. Watch:
In the winding months of 2014 into 2015, governor Imoke acquired the sobriquet, “sleeping governor” for his inability to evacuate the heaps of garbage that had overtaken several streets in Calabar. The entire government machinery was so distracted at the time that all the outcry landed on deaf ears. Election campaigns had started and Jedy
One of the latest entrants in the political lingo of Cross River State is “capacity”. It came not too far after “digital,” and has been more or less running concurrently with it. I don’t know their etymology, but I know their history is intrinsically linked with the joke that governance in Cross River State has
I am conscious of the various interpretations that will arise from this contribution as a consequence of whom the author is. If on this account, I fail to offer an opinion, then I will be morally unfit for the very insinuations that should have dissuaded me from putting forward this account. Background It is necessary
By Sahara Reporters The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade has said the anti-open grazing law which some southern states have passed based on the resolution of the Southern Governors’ Forum might lead to war in the country. Ayade said such laws, without taking into consideration the concerns of nomadic herdsmen and farmers, might
By Patrick Obia In Cross River State’s 2019 budget, over N145 million was earmarked for new classrooms at PCN Primary School Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality while more than 7 million was budgeted for a motorised borehole in the school under the model school project of the State. The contracts were eventually awarded through the