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Police Under Pressure to Abandon Certificate Forgery Investigation Against Cross River Commissioner For Information

by crossriverwatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police is under undue pressure from powerful sources in the State Government to abandon the ongoing certificate forgery investigation against the State Commissioner for Information, Chief. Akin Rickett. The State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, Diamond Hill had in March,

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Five Arrested Over Multi Million Naira Fraud in Cross River Internal Revenue Service

by crossriverwatch admin Five staff of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Service have been arrested for allegedly cloning official receipts of the agency with which they gave to politicians to obtain tax clearance certificates to contest the 2013 local government elections in the state. Mr. Emmanuel Chris Ogar, the Chairman of the State Internal

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Cross River No Longer Civil Service State- Imoke

by crossriverwatch admin The era when Cross River was referred to as a civil service state is over as government has put in place necessary machinery to drive its economy and create wealth. Governor Liyel Imoke disclosed this during a welcome cocktail preceding the 2013 edition of the Africa CEO Roundtable and Conference on Corporate

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Jonathan in Calabar, Says Nigeria’s Economy is One of The Fastest Growing in The World

by crossriverwatch admin With an annual double digit growth rate of 30%, Nigeria’s economy ranks amongst the fastest growing in the world and that accounts for government’s aim of attaining a 4,000 Dollars Gross Domestic Product, GDP in the next ten years. President Goodluck Jonathan made this declaration on today in Calabar while performing the

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Cross River Assembly Chief Whip Denies Punching Police Woman, Absconds Oversea

by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly who represents Calabar Municipality state constituency has denied assaulting a female police corporal at the weekend. In a telephone chat with CrossRiverWatch yesterday before absconding abroad, Hon Akiba said it was not true that she punched and slapped

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Constituents Accuse Cross River Lawmaker of Squandering Constituency Votes on Girlfriends

by crossriverwatch admin A member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Yakurr II constituency, Hon. Eteng Jones Williams has been accused of squandering over N40 million which he received for constituency projects on his chain of girl friends. A youth leader and another female activist in Yakurr Local Government Council of the

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Cross River Gives N89m Compensation to Airport Bye-Pass Land Owners

by crossriverwatch admin Eighty-Nine Million Naira cheques have been issued to beneficiaries of revocation of property along the Margaret Ekpo International Airport By-pass road, Calabar. Speaking while handing the cheques to the beneficiaries, Cross River State Commissioner for Works, Barrister Legor Idagbo reiterated the imperative of the construction of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport Bypass,

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Cross River Set to Host 3rd All Nigeria Athletics Federation Championship

by crossriverwatch admin All is set for the Cross River State government to host the 3rd edition of All Nigeria/Cross River State Athletics Championship at the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium, Calabar. The Championship became resident in Cross River State after a five years agreement signed between the state government and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria

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