Tuesday, March 30, 2016 is a day Cross Riverians especially residents of Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State will not forget in a hurry as the long awaited diaspora governor of the state, Senator Ben Ayade visited the state. In fact, the city was agog for the triumphant entry of the governor who
Over the past few days, there has been a vigorous, deliberate and calculated campaign by certain elements who are bent on trivialising a very serious issue bordering on gross misconduct, abuse of office, sexual harassment of female students and criminal allegation of rape against the erstwhile Dean of the Law Faculty, UNICAL, Prof Cyril Osim
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Senate of the Students Union Government (SUG), University of Calabar has suspended the President of the Union, Comrade Ekpo Tete and the Director of Socials, Comrade Richard Unwana to allow for investigation into allegations of abuse of office, misconduct, extortion among others levelled against them. In a letter dated 30th March,
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents in Ogoja and Obudu local government areas of northern Cross River have continuously paid electricity bills for a duration of over two months with no power supplied to them findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. This comes barely 6 months after governor Ben Ayade had promised Obudu people that they will enjoy electricity
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade’s aide on Youth Matters, Mr. Declan Ogar Genesis is leading a delegation of youths from Cross River State that has just arrived the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo for the World Youth Summit, 2016. The delegation which is comprised of two other delegates from the new leadership of the National
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has once again assured that his administration is committed to creating a new vista of economic hope for the people of the state as a reflection of the deep love he has for them. Ayade who stated this, Thursday, at a get together packaged by the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Property worth millions of Naira has gone up in smoke after a fire gutted the Ikom main market in Cross River state. More than 40 shops have been burnt according to reports. The inferno has been attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply. It could not be contained in spite
By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, has resolved the rift between the state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT and the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB and directed the latter to continue with its personnel audit of teachers in the state primary school sector. Governor Ben Ayade of Cross