By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Cross River sitting Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Goddy Ettah, Ukpan Odey and former Chairman of Yakurr Local Government Area identified as “Bomboy” who were allegedly arrested with guns and ammunition during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State. The trio were arrested,
By Jonathan Ugbal A former federal lawmaker and Cross River State Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Honorable Bassey Eko Ewa on Tuesday told the Calabar division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu that he never left the party as insinuated by
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Agom has said his teetered emergence as Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District is an exception to the human perception of the power Governors wield today in Nigeria. Senator Agom stated this in Abuja at a reception ceremony at the JD’s Garden in Abuja after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Eniong clan in Odukpani local government area of southern Cross River State on Thursday called on the state government to expedite action on the renovation of Atan Onoyom Secondary School which was ravaged by a storm on March 1, 2018. The market was also ravaged by the storm while the
By Agba Philip The Cross River State College of Health Technology (COHTECH) has been adjudged to be among the best three in Nigeria said the Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution, Mr. Fabian Okpa at its 11th matriculation ceremony last week in Calabar. A total of 602 students were administered the oath of
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday First term Assembly man, Mr. Hillary Bisong (PDP, Boki 1) has slammed the Cross River Ministry of Education over the state of the Library complex in Calabar, the state capital. Mr. Bisong said the ministry’s approach towards fixing the complex was against the tenets of the
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday The Cross River State Ministry of Education has budgeted the sum of NGN530 million for an item tagged “Expatriate Staff Upkeep” in its 2018 proposed spending. And, NGN2.5 million was budgeted for Teachers Training. The Commissioner for Education, Mr. Goddy Ettah disclosed this while defending the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Management of the Cross River University of Technology has announced the resumption of academic activities barely 24 hours after a protest by some students had led to the shutdown of the institution, CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. Students had on Monday protested management’s decision to prevent those owing more than a semester school