By Ushang Ewa As part of activities to mark the 2017 ‘World Water Day’, brewery giants, Guinness Nigeria plc has constructed seven hand pump boreholes in Bebi community of Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River State. The boreholes, according to the company’s Corporate Relations Director, Sesan Sobowale who represented the Managing Director at
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it will not pay compensation to anyone whose land is located at the area where the proposed new cities will be located. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, John Inyang disclosed this during a stakeholder’s forum with the central senatorial district to
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Cross River Ports Authority, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa says the strides made by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade in infrastructure will transform the state economically. Giwa stated this in an interview last weekend while on an inspection tour of several projects in Calabar, the Cross River State capital
By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government Thursday in Calabar said the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the proposed 260km Superhighway presented by Cross River State government failed to meet international standards. The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organized by the ministry in Calabar and accused the
By Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo says the country will finalise the negotiations for the Lagos – Calabar rail line in June, 2017 with the People’s Republic of China. The project, Osinbanjo says has been negotiated downward to $11.117billion from $11.917billion, with Nigeria’s government providing its own portion of the funding for
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government says it will in a couple of weeks sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Chad on the proposed Bakassi deep seaport. The Governor, Senator Ben Ayade stated this Tuesday when he hosted some Federal Lawmakers in the state for oversight
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The House of Representatives has decried the deplorable state of federal roads in Cross River State with a promise to ensure that the state gets its fair share of appropriation in the 2017 appropriation in a bid to ensure smooth movement of goods and services. The House of Representatives
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Executive Council Wednesday sitting in its first full session for 2017 approved the sum of NGN3billion for the construction of the Boki East-West road and the Boje bridge CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The road has been the subject of controversy in succeeding administrations with indigenes forced