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Disappointing Results From Ayade’s Media Team And What Can Be Done BY OBASESAM OKOI

In the past three months Governor Ayade’s Media Aides have maintained a reputation for delivering disappointing results that have rendered the governor dangerously vulnerable to irreparable reputation damages. These media aides and their coterie of sycophants have been rendered pliant and obedient to one line of command, ready to unleash vitriol on anyone seeking to

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Hon. Kelvin Ayip Nsed Akonjom (JP) – The Chief Whip Takes The Final Bow

By CrossRiverWatch admin Hon. Kelvin Akonjom, “The Original Honorable”, as he was fondly called, bestrided Cross River Central politics in the late 70s to early 80s like a colossus. He was Chief Whip of the State House of Assembly, served as Chair of several committees of the House and was reelected by his Ikom II

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A Second Look At Professor Epoke’s Administration BY EKEMINI RAYMOND

With the election of Professor Zana Akpagu, as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, and with the termination of the Professor Epoke administration as the 9th Vice Chancellor of the institution on the 30th of November 2015, it is pertinent to have a second look at the administration of the exiting ebullient

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Proposed Cross River State Waterfront Infrastructure Management Agency: Sustainability Perspectives – BY ESTHER ESHIET

Our Position BY GLOBAL SHAPERS COMMUNITY CALABAR THE ISSUE A high proportion, about 66% of families in Cross River State do not have necessary immovable assets (Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2013) that are crucial to improving their quality of life. People work hard to earn the financial capacity to own homes, businesses and land

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Cross River Assembly Truncate Recess To Clear Ayade’s Request To Borrow 30Billion Naira

By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly today approved Governor Ayade’s request to loan 30 Billion Naira from Zenith Bank and United Bank of Africa (UBA). Members who were summoned back from recess to seat this afternoon because of the urgency behind the loan, said the interruption of

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Cross River Chief Judge Receives MoU Between Judiciary Staff Workers And State Government

By Okwo Kerry The Cross River State Chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN has formally handed over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between them and the State Government recently at Peregrino House Calabar to the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Okoi Ikpi-Itam. Receiving the MoU, the Chief Judge gave the JUSUN

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We Will Organize Aptitude Test For Prospective Commissioners – John Gaul, Cross River Assembly Speaker

By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent As the tussle for who becomes Commissioner in the various Ministries of the State heats up, the Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that those that will be sent to the House will undergo an aptitude test organized by the

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Why We Reject Ayade’s Unity Government Proposal – APC

By CrossRiverWatch admin The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC has risen in stout defence of an earlier rejection to join the unity government proposed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP government of Senator Ben Ayade in Cross River state. The party said the ruling PDP government was deficient in so many ways

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