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
By Jonathan Ugbal Renowned activist and civil rights lawyer, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla yesterday Friday, October 30 clocked 49 with professional, political and business associates as well as friends joining many others to felicitate and wish him a happy birthday. A former National Assembly aspirant in the northern senatorial district under the People’s Democratic Party in
Governor Ben Ayade yesterday expressed his determination to move Cross River State from a third world economy to first world economy. To this end, he advocated that private sector participation is very critical to achieving his goal. Disclosing this in Calabar at the commissioning of the Bank of Ondustry, BoI office, Governor Ayade said that
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade has directed the immediate suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Anne Odey, over the stoppage of morning devotion in secondary and primary schools in the state. To this end, a 3 man committee to be chaired by the SSG has been set up to investigate the
By Our Correspondent The State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the constitution of a new taskforce to checkmate illegal logging in the state. The taskforce, which has retired Air Vice Marshal Effiom Eko Osim as Chairman, has the following persons as members: Mr. Jerome Ayade – Secretary Mr. William Asuquo – Member Mr. Jimmy
By Emma Una Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the directive by the Cross Rive State Government to stop morning devotion in secondary and primary schools across the state saying such a directive is totally unacceptable to the Association. In a release made available to CrossRiverWatch and, signed by its State Chairman, Archbishop Joseph