By Jonathan Ugbal President Muhammadu Buhari is set to receive the “lifetime achievement award” for appointing eight (8) Cross Riverians into his administration and his qualities while serving as a military officer in Cross River as part of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the state since its creation on May 27, 1967 by
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Cross River Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has said that for the Nigerian tourism sector to grow, Nigerians must be involved. Imoke stated this while speaking at the Nigerian Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) Annual General Meeting and Conference held in Lagos where he used the ‘Destination Cross River’ brand as a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, John Lebo recently undertook an inspection tour of the 133.7 Kilometres Mfum-Ranch road dualisation project. Lebo in the company of the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Eteng Jones Williams undertook a tour of the project and tweeted a picture of themselves with
By Jonathan Ugbal The founder of The Bridge Leadership Foundation, TBLF Senator Liyel Imoke says the need to raise an army of well equipped and inspired youths to lead themselves and others informed the choice of the 2016 theme of the foundation’s Career Day. Imoke who said that the empowering of young people is always
In the business world we call it credible network connections, in real world we call it man know man. One of Liyel Imoke’s most remarkable achievements was the setting up of a sister state relationship with State of Maryland USA. The sister state agreement was meant to provide a forum for economic development, tourism, and
By Frank Edima The erstwhile governor of Cross River State and Founder of The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) Senator Liyel Imoke has express displeasure that the State is being regarded as a civil servants State. Senator Imoke barred his mind while speaking at the grand finale of the Graduate Employability Training (GET) program at Jorany
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Victor Abang, the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Special Duties has stated that the relationship between the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba and His Excellency Senator Liyel Imoke is cordial and the two have a relationship that predates their entrance into politics and so continue to enjoy a
by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, in Cross River State have failed the minimum required standard of implementing the budget for the year 2012. Only last week, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Peter Oti rejected some reports of budget officers from various MDAs