BEING THE OPENING REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY, DR. (MRS.) LINDA AYADE, THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2015 YOUNG BUSINESS ICONS SUMMIT AND AWARD HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTER COMPLEX, CALABAR ON OCTOBER 31ST 2015. I feel quite honoured to be called upon to open this occasion.
BEING THE TEXT OF A SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. EMMANUEL ETIM, CHAIRMAN NIGERIA YOUTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CROSS RIVER STATE; ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2015 YOUNG BUSINESS ICONS AWARDS/SUMMIT HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTER, CALABAR ON 31st OCTOBER, 2015. INTRODUCTION: There is a global consensus that young people are the greatest assets any state
By Ogar Agi The branch of Zenith bank Plc operating in Obudu was gutted by fire in the early hours of Saturday, October 31, 2015 CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The fire which is said to have burnt staff valuables in the financial institution comes less than a year after the same bank suffered a deadly
By Jonathan Ugbal Education and innovation is the fulcrum of business in the 21st century with only the bold who dare and venture into the wild able to achieve any meaningful success says wife of Cross River State governor, Dr. Linda Ayade. Linda who says the state is currently governed by “a man who has
By Our Correspondent Barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the construction of the 260km superhighway in Cross River, German quality control experts have arrived the state to ensure strict compliance to international best practice. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, shortly on arrival, some of the expatriates, Engineer Frank Neobaver and Mr. Gauther
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has made a case for closer ties between countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Japan. Governor Ayade made the call in Tokyo, Japan while addressing the maiden edition of the ECOWAS -Japan Business Forum. He recalled how as a graduate
By Ogar Agi The town hall project initiated by indigenes of Okuku community in Yala local government area is yet to be complete despite inputs of funds amounting over 50 million Naira sources say. The money it is alleged was raised from the sale of lands with less than 10 percent of the said sum
By Ogar Agi A bus conveying passengers in Okuku, in Yala LGA of Cross River state crashed into a gully from an uncompleted bridge, a fortnight ago leaving the passengers with several degrees of injuries following the inability of the contractor to complete the bridge project. It is unclear where the vehicle was heading to