INTRODUCTION: Dictionary.Com defines a Turnpike as a “high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.’’ It is also known as a toll road or toll way, operated as a public or private roadway for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage. According to Wikipedia, Turnpikes: have existed for at least the last 2,700 years,
The Superhighway is a projects I’m beginning to have confidence in. Lately the governor’s rants about the superhighway is beginning to be a pain on the ass. I don’t know if anybody has been following up with the government bulk messages by Emmanuel Ulayi. For the benefit of doubts, let me first start by congratulating
It is very impressive to know that the superhighway will have a tunnel, maybe to protect some parts of the forest or major landmarks, an antenna and a 4G LTE Internet penetration covering the length of the road. This is what we call development. To those whose concern is how the state will pay off
By Okwo Kerry As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Helping Hand International, Cross River State Chapter has donated items worth thousands of naira to Uwanse Orphanage Home, Calabar. Speaking while presenting the items, Nelly Etta who is in the Super Master stage with the NGO said the organization is aimed
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent Exactly three months since Hon. John Gaul Lebo, Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) announced the opening of the first ever media center for the Cross River House of Assembly Correspondents, the Chairman Cross River chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Pastor Ndoma Akpet, has
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has submitted a list of 25 nominees for Commissioners in the State Executive Council, to the State House of Assembly. A top government house aid told CrossRiverWatch that the list was submitted on Friday to the Speaker by the Secretary to the state government,
When on Friday, May 29, 2015, the Obudu born Senator Benedict Benyaushuye Ayade, an erudite Professor of Environmental Science was sworn-in as the third Governor of Cross River State from 1999 to date, he made it clear that he was going to undertake the construction of a dual super highway running the length of the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River governor, Senator Benedict Ayade says the scheduled ground breaking ceremony of the 260 kilometre superhighway to be performed by President Muhammadu Buhari will be no ordinary ceremony as it will be a homecoming. Speaking with the state government press corps shortly after his arrival at the Margaret