By Archibong Jeremiah Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has hosted first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi. Prof. Obi was received at the Governor’s office. See pictures below from Egbelo Edward Ntebri, Media aide to the Governor.
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that Chief Godwin Takus who won the State House of Assembly primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obanliku has died in a ghastly motor accident. Mr. Takus is said to have left for Abuja after his primaries and departed for Abuja immediately but was involved in
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent 300 level students in the Law Faculty of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), on Monday risked missing examinations to appeal the support of the Cross River State Government to treat their colleague, Mr. Orim Peter, who needs NGN5 million for surgery. Mr. Orim is said to be suffering from
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The member representing Boki 2 in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hillary Bisong has denied claims that he is nursing an ambition to be speaker of the 9th assembly should he win a second term. A statement issued by Mr. Bisong denounced claims by one Eliman Eliman, who hails from
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent Follow @ogar_monday More suspicious items are continually revealed in the ongoing defense of the proposed 2018 spending of the Cross River State Government with the ministry of environment budgeting NGN300 million for an environmental impact assessment for projects completed by previous administrations. These includes the Calabar International Convention
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 CrossRiverWatch Admin The NGN1.3 trillion 2018 appropriation bill of the Cross River State Government has scaled through the second reading on the floor of the state assembly. Majority Leader of the House, Mr Moses Ucheche, moved motion for the second reading of the bill on Friday, and said that the budget was designed to
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly Tuesday in plenary passed a bill to establish the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) eight years after it was established by the administration of former Governor Liyel Imoke. Honorable Ajor Idagu (Bekwarra PDP) while presenting the report of the