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Cross River Legalizes Death Penalty For Kidnappers, Makes Housing For Citizens A Right

By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, today signed into law a bill that prescribes death penalty for convicted kidnappers in the state. The anti-kidnapping bill was one of 10 bills the Governor signed into law at the State Executive Chambers witnessed by the Speaker and members of the State House of

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Governor Ayade Seeks Revision Of 2015 Appropriation

By Aplefe Ojong The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Benedict Ayade has written to the State House of Assembly requesting for the revision of the 2015 Appropriation Law. A letter dated September 3, 2015 and addressed to the Speaker of the House, indicates that the governor is requesting for a revision of the 2015

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Reality Of A Non-Oil Economy In Cross River State: Prospects And Challenges – Part 2 BY EMMANUEL ETIM

This is the concluding part of a two part treatise started last week. BEING TEXT OF SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CROSSRIVERWATCH 3RD ANNIVERSARY LECTURE ON THE THEME “REALITY OF A NON-OIL ECONOMY IN CROSS RIVER STATE; PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES” PART 2 Beyond the effort to develop the different sectors of the state economy to serve

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100 Days In Office: Obono Obla’s Jaundiced Assessment Of Governor Ayade BY CHRISTIAN ITA

A few days ago, precisely on September 1, Okoi Obono Obla was on air, this time on Channels Television, where his outing on the station’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, offered a glum study in self-contradiction. If his aim on that fateful morning was to offer further explanations to those who have wrongly or otherwise accused

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APC National Vice Chair, South South Confirms Planned Defection Of PDP Stalwarts In Cross River

By CrossRiverWatch admin The leadership of All Progressive Congress (APC) South South zone says it is confident that the zone would be adequately represented in various appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Mr. Hilliard Eta, National Vice Chairman of APC, South South said this on Saturday in Calabar at the end of a post-election

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Organized Private Sector Asks Governor Ayade To Unveil Economic Blue Print For The State

By Our Correspondent The Organized Private Sector, OPS in Cross River State, made up of The Calabar Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, (MAN), National Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (NASME) and the National association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) is requesting the Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade-led administration to come up with

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Right Of Reply: The Skewed Comparison Between Ayade And Wike – A Smoke Screen BY EVAL ASIKONG

I was busy attending to state’s matters of pressing concern, when my attention was drawn to an article written by one of these social media touts who, like a few others, is looking for recognition in Governor Ayade’s government. The article, being so flawed in grammar and content, is intended to make a mockery of

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CSOs Accuse Cross River Political Class Of Planning To Sabotage Buhari’s War On Corruption

By Jeremiah Archibong Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Nigeria, CCOSGIN yesterday in Calabar accused the political class in the state of orchestrating activities that are aimed at sabotaging the anti corruption war of President Mohammadu Buhari. The coalition raised the alarm while briefing journalists in Calabar saying, “We have observed with keen interest the

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