By CrossRiverWatch Admin His Excellency Sir. I am moved to write you this open letter to express my desires and the desires of many Cross Riverians as it pertains to bringing development to Northern Cross River State. There’s a remarkable yearn for a more practical approach towards the development of the state. My initial intentions
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As the principal suspect in the attack on Mr. Joseph Odok in Calabar, Patience Odey and her alleged accomplice, Raphael Odu, continue to cool their feet in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja, counsel to Mr. Odok, Barrister Victor Okangbe, has told CrossRiverWatch that he doubts the involvement of
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Grand Administrator and National President of the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosae Cruscis, AMORC in Nigeria, Dr. Kenneth Idiodi, has described as undeniable, the many laudable achievements recorded by the Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, in office within such a short time. Idiodi made the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Photographs emanating from the maiden dry run of the 2017 Carnival Calabar obtained by CrossRiverWatch show some gays posing in female-like clothing. The images show about 4 young males wearing green shirts and acting female-like while posing for the photographs during the dry run. With the Nigerian Government passing a law that
By Ogar Monday Despite the effort by the Cross River State Government to pay salaries of workers regularly, Budgit, a civic technology organization with interest in raising transparency in governance has said the state cannot pay salaries without borrowing. This was contained in its 2017 Fiscal Sustainability Index that “looks at the ability of states
By Our Reporter The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned three new roads in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The connecting streets, with concrete drainage, are Twins Street, Asuquo Ekpo and Asuquo Nyong Street. Addressing members of the benefiting communities during the commissioning ceremony, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has requested the federal government’s approval for licenses to explore and exploit petroleum resources in the state through the state owned petroleum corporation, PetroCross. The Governor, Benedict Ayade made the request when he received the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani in
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of energy firms led by the African Discovery Group to deliver a 750MW power plant in 18 months through the deployment of a ‘unique’ Siemens technology. An additional 40 megawatts is to be delivered within