By Our Reporter The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB) has once again escaped the antics of fraudsters after an attempt to defraud the Board’s UBE Matching Grant account of NGN100M (one hundred million naira) was recently uncovered by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), in Abuja. The suspect identified as Tom
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Cross River State government has issued a two week ultimatum to contractors in its universal basic education scheme to deliver on their jobs or risk investigation and possible prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a letter dated February 13, 2018 and signed
By Ushang Ewa Staff of the Federal College of Education Obudu recently demonstrated against the management of the institution led by the Provost, Dr. James Ejue over perceived corruption allegations. The placards bearing staff went round the institution demanding the sack of Dr. Ejue, the Registrar and the Bursar, Mr. Sixtus Ushie. The duo of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has opened a fresh probe into how the Cross River State Government spent its Paris Club loan refund. Bauchi, Delta and Nassarawa states are also being investigated, a detective at the EFCC told the PUNCH. The state had received NGN11,300,139,741.28 out of the over NGN500 billion
By Our Reporter Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has invited anti-graft agencies of the federal government and Non-Governmental organizations to monitor the bidding process for the proposed Cross River Superhighway after bids opened on Tuesday. Mr. Ayade stated this shortly after his arrival from Abuja, Wednesday where he disclosed that 71 companies have already
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 2 malls located in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital allegedly owned by Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Gesila Khan have been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of investigations into the over N23billion disbursed by former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Maduekwe for the 2015 general elections. Also, CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The younger brother to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Francis Ayade has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. It is still unclear what his bail conditions were which sources had informed CrossRiverWatch on Thursday that he could not meet them. However,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Peter Egba and Accountant General, Joseph Adie of Cross River State spent the chunk of the week answering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives on issues concerning the Cross River Garment Factory. It is still unclear exactly when