by crossriverwatch admin Barely over a month after a ceasefire was signed by warring neighbors, Ediba/Usumutong, in Abi Local Government, renewed violence is threatening the agreement and the communities may return to war. Chairman of Abi Local Government Council Hon. Edith Amadi had expressed excitement over the signing of a ceasefire treaty by the agitated
by crossriverwatch admin The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Cross River State Chapter, has conferred the Most Church-Friendly Governor of the Year award on Governor Liyel Imoke for his dynamism and leadership style. Speaking at a well-attended ceremony in Calabar, yesterday, the President of the association, Bishop Emma Isong disclosed that “Imoke has been very
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has described the sudden death of former Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Newspaper, Mr. Dimgba Igwe, as tragic, shocking and saddening. While commiserating with the management and staff of The Sun, where the late Dimgba Igwe was until his death this
by crossriverwatch admin There are clear indications that the current relationship between security agencies working directly in the Governor’s Office, Calabar, those on daily security patrol and Governor Liyel Imoke’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Alex Egbona has become frosty and brittle. This because for three months, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Alex
by crossriverwatch admin The Governorship ambition of the last man among the ‘three wise men’ of Cross River State, Chief Gershom Bassey might have been permanently put on hold until after the eight years tenure of the governor that will emerge from the northern senatorial district of the state. Sources close to CrossRiverWatch revealed that
by crossriverwatch admin As criticisms continue to trail the approval by the Cross River State House of Assembly for the government to raise a N40b Bond, the governor has explained that the Bond is not to raise fresh loans but to renegotiate the existing debt and spread the repayment period over a reasonable time and
by crossriverwatch admin The United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (UniCem) has concluded arrangements to bring President Jonathan to Cross River state for the first time since his election to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the company’s N84 billion, 2.5 metric tonnes cement production line. The ceremony is expected to be performed
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River and Ebonyi State have resolved to settle their boundary feuds once and for all with the setting of a 26 man joint Governors’ committee. This was contained in a five point communiqué signed by Cross River-Ebonyi State Joint Boundary Committee at the end of its meeting at Government House, Abakaliki.