By Jonathan Ugbal The judiciary is the third arm of government in Nigeria and is often tagged “the last hope of the common man”. In Cross River, this last hope is threatened by decaying infrastructure across its 18 Local Government Areas. Cramped, hot, stuffy, unprotected and empty are some of the words that are used
By Archibong Jeremiah In what may be considered rare in view of the mountain of appointment seekers, Mr. Adie Charles Adie has rejected a juicy appointment from Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Mr. Adie Charles Adie was on March 18, 2021 announced by Mr. Christian Ita, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor in a
In the last 6 months or so, Cross River State has witnessed numerous protests by individuals and group of organized associations over issues of nonpayment of salaries; gratuities, arrears, non-effect of promotional benefits, illegal disengagement of duly engaged Civil Servants in the cloak of concealed redundancy policy where staff were layoff without due process. Surprisingly,
By Kelvin Ololo Niger Delta Activists Forum, Cross River State chapter currently protesting the delisting of about 3, 000 workers from the State payroll, has alleged that, the Government is attempting to intimidate them using security operatives. The allegation was made by the leader of the group, Comrade Paul Adie on day 4 of their
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government have handed over keys to a two bedroom apartment to Madam Nkoyo Akpan Uko, one of the displaced Bakassi people, signifying official handing over of the housing units to the refugees. Sen. Florence Ita Giwa made the presentation at the housing estate in Ifiang Ayong, Bakassi LGA. The
When the 2015 general election was cooking, everyone knew the Chefs and knew quite well what was cooking. It was clear where the major two aromas were coming from. But the seasoning from one pot was able to wet more throats because the pot kept boiling and almost never wanted to come down from the
By Ilam Patricia The Management and Staff of Arthur Jarvis University Akpabuyo has congratulated the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade for winning the just concluded gubernatorial election. This was contained in a press release signed by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ani Nkang and made available to CrossRiverWatch. According to
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade is set to present the 2019 State Budget estimate to the Cross River State House of Assembly tomorrow Wednesday 6th of February 2019 by 10:00am prompt. The information was made available through a press release signed by the Chief Press