EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bakassi Deep Sea Port is one of two signature projects of the Sen. Prof. Ben. Ayade’s administration, the other being the 260 km Bakassi Katsina-ala super highway which will serve as the evacuation corridor for the sea port. The Bakkassi Deep Sea Port is planned to be located at the shore of
By Archibong Jeremiah James Ibor, Esq. Lead Counsel, Basic Rights Counsel has raised alarm that his life and that of his family, clients and associates has been threatened for daring to expose the killers of late Stanley Etim, age 23 who was allegedly beaten to death on the 5th of February, 2015 while in police
By CrossRiverWatch admin A former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Clement Ebri has confirmed to CrossRiverWatch that he will be formally received into the All Progressives Congress, APC fold on Thursday December 17, 2015 in his political ward, Mkpani in Yakurr local government area of Cross River State. The former Governor who spoke to
By Ogar Monday The management of Cross River State College of Education, Awi/Akamkpa (COEA) has praised the members of National Association of Cross River Students (NACRISS) of the College for donating 50 sitting desks to the institution as their contribution towards enhancement of academics in the school. Speaking at the official handing-over ceremony held within
By Ogar Monday The 2015 United Nations International Volunteer Day held in Calabar to celebrate and propagate the contributions of volunteers in the development of the nation. In one of the celebrations held at the Central Bank of Nigeria, South-South Entrepreneurial Development Center by CUSO in collaboration with Lead, Inspire and Transform (LIT), Project Nigeria
By CrossRiverWatch admin He died on Monday at the age of 86 according to family sources. Born in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, in 1929, Mr. Toyo, a professor of Economics, had his early education in Oron, Lagos and Calabar. He passed the Cambridge School Certificate in 1945 in Grade one and was exempted from London
By Our Correspondent Bakor Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital Consortium, the two concessionaires who took over the management of some general hospital in Cross River State have said that the facilities in the privatized General Hospitals in Bekwarra and Obudu local government areas were abandoned for over ten years before the eventual facelift that
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has made a strong case for a climate equalization fund for Africa if the battle to reduce Green House Gas emissions is to succeed. Ayade, a professor of Environmental Science, made the case at the ongoing Climate Change Summit in Paris, France. The governor, who