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Cross River Disburses N36million To Cassava Farmers

by crossriverwatch admin The expectation of cassava farmers in Cross River State to produce hybrid cassava in large quantity has received a boost from the government in preparation for the next farming season. The farmers received a 36 million Naira loan from the Cross River State government to enable them cultivate in large quantity. This

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I Have Been Endorsed to Run For Cross River House of Assembly – Nollywood Actor

by crossriverwatch admin Nollywood actor, Eric Anderson says he has been endorsed by entertainers in Cross River to run for the State House of Assembly come 2015. Mr. Anderson made this known in a meeting convened recently by the Actors Guild of Nigeria Electoral Committee, AGNEC, to consider conducting election for the Cross River chapter

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Mary Slessor: The White Queen of Calabar by Eugene Myers Harrison

by crossriverwatch admin “Run, Ma! Run!” Whenever Ma, the white woman, heard these words she knew that serious trouble was brewing, so she hurried out of the house and down the path into the forest. Presently she found Etim, the oldest son and heir apparent of chief Edem, lying unconscious under a tree which had

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Ex- Militants Storm Imoke’s Office, Threaten to Resume Hostilities

by crossriverwatch admin Ex-Militants operating under the umbrella of Bakassi Freedom Fighters (BFF) have threatened to resume hostilities in the Bakassi Water Ways for allegedly being excluded from the ongoing Federal government amnesty training as well as the non-payment of monthly stipends. The ex-militants numbering over 100 staged a protest at the Government House Calabar

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NDDC Owes Contractors Over N1tr – Sen. Henshaw

by crossriverwatch admin Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Bassey Henshaw, on Tuesday said the commission owed contractors over N1trn. The NDDC chairman, who spoke in Calabar when he received the Commissioner representing Cross River State on the board, Mr. Paul Adah, however said all contractors, whose jobs had been certified in line

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COEASU Demand Insider to Replace Owan as COE Akampa Provost

by crossriverwatch admin The College of Education Akamkpa chapter of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has called on the governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke and all those responsible for the appointment of a new Provost for the College to ensure that an insider succeeds the outgoing Provost, Prof. Anthony Owan

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Gershom Bassey And The Incompetence of Cross River State Water Board BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Water Board Limited, the successor in title of the defunct Water Board, is one of the extra-ministerial departments created in the 1970 after the creation of the defunct South Eastern State of Nigeria on the 27th May, 1967. In the 1990s, the defunct Water Board was changed into

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EbonyLife TV Expands Homegrown Programs

by crossriverwatch admin As EbonyLife TV presents star singers Banky W and Tiwa Savage as anchors of a talk-show program, it has reinforced its homegrown entertainment programming. In The Banky & Tiwa Show, which comes on air on Tuesday nights, the artistes come together to do something outside music as they and their guests deal

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