By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has inaugurated five ad hoc Committees to appraise the 1st quarter performance of the 2016 approved budget of the State. The Committees are to confirm all revenue targets as provided for in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, assess actual monthly performance for
By CrossRiverWatch admin Having attained the mandatory age of 60years, the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase is likely to bow out of the service before June this year. This has however made the IGP hopefuls intensify efforts to be considered by the President. The Editorials exclusively gathered that the 24 Assistant Inspectors
“Our laws prohibit cutting even a single tree. I am now in the process of drafting a new law that will prohibit the use of wood for roofing. All roofing materials must be made of steel. When that happens the demand for timber will reduce”. -Governor Ayade Even though I support the use of synthetic
When the Ministry of Environment issued a stop work order on the construction of the Calabar – Ogoja superhighway conceived by Governor Ben Ayade and commenced after a ground-breaking ceremony by Mr. President some months ago, many celebrated it because in their minds, it is a fulfilment of their asinine predictions that the highway will
By Our Correspondent Two men suspected to be armed robbers and gun runners have been arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State for illegal possession of guns. The suspects: Ezekiel Adie, 35 and Emmanuel Akamabe, 28, both from Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, were arrested along Itu road in Uyo, the
By CrossRiverWatch admin In continuation of a series of scheduled nationwide and sectoral town hall meetings, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday took questions from 100 pressure groups at the Oranmiyan Hall of the Airport Hotel in Lagos, where he assured Nigerians that the Lagos – Calabar railway was safe and secured in the 2016
Inyali Peter, Calabar Barely three days after some Cross Riverians appealed to the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to intervene in the conflict between Yakurr and Obubra communities, another communal war involving three villages in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state has birthed. Okpagada and Mbagede communities are currently in serious communal war with
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed a new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) which has its headquarters in Calabar the Cross River state capital. The Director of Information NN, Commodore Christian Ezekobe who disclosed this in a statement recently says the change is in line with