By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has begun issuing letters of appointment to Commissioners and other aides over six months after announcing their appointments. Sources in Government House say the appointees got a message last week directing them to proceed to the governor’s office and obtain their appointment letters. According to the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The government of Cross River State has directed the Onyadama and Enyima communities of Obubra and Yakurr local government areas to evacuate the disputed land between the two communities which led to a communal crisis recently. “Nobody from Onyadama or Enyima goes into that land until the Boundary Commission
By Our Correspondent Given the ugly dimension corruption has assumed in the country, the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has called for concerted efforts to fight the scourge. Hon Lebo who made the call recently at the Law Week 2016, organized by the Faculty of Law University
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 Ogar Monday A walk to commiserate the World Malaria Day has held today April 25th, in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The walk which started from the Millennium Park, through Calabar road into Mary Slessor to Zoo Garden, had in participation the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ivara Esu, representative of
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Magistrates Court in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government in Cross River State went up in flames today morning leaving practically nothing in the aftermath. The inferno which reportedly started at 3 a.m could not be put off as residents were still sleeping and the fire service was unable to respond. CrossRiverWatch gathered
By CrossRiverWatch admin Things were looking up for William Obio when he decided to invest more in his logging business. For the first time in years, his nine children and three brothers were eating well, and he could support his over half-a-dozen team of machine operators, saw men, scouts, and wood carriers. Such success, rare
By Our Reporter The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Joe Abang, Esq has put together a fund raising meeting to raise one hundred million naira (N100, 000, 000) for an ultra modern vocational skills acquisition/development center in his community. The Attorney General who hails from Oboso, Ogoja local government area of the State