The Vanguard news of 22rd August, caught my attention with this opening statement” PREGNANT Women, nursing mothers, physically challenged persons and university graduates were among the nine thousand applicants who, Saturday morning, thronged the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium to compete for one thousand job placements in the green state Police scheduled to oversee the state’s
By CrossRiverWatch admin A CrossRiverWatch reporter on Sunday ran into a corpse along government secondary school, Goldie by Atu street in Calabar. Upon inquiry, the deceased was said to be a serial robber in the neighbourhood. An eye witness told our reporter that, he was caught last night trying to rob somebody, he is said
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River’s governor Ben Ayade has begun consultations with the caucuses of the People’s Democratic Party across the state in a bid to get nominations for members of the State Executive Council. Ayade had earlier hinted journalists in a press conference that he will meet with the grassroots to
By Jonathan Ugbal The funding model for the signature projects of Cross River’s governor, Senator Ben Ayade has been commended as a major challenge which would have inhibited the projects says Senator Rose Oko who represents the Cross River Northern senatorial district in the National Assembly. The Yala born politician made this known while speaking
By Jonathan Ugbal The ability of Cross Riverians to support the present administration as well as live in peace and good neighborliness has been described as the major catalyst to return the State back to her glory days says the Senator representing Cross River Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Owan Enoh. Owan
By Ushang Ewa As earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch, the recruitment exercise for the Green Police over the weekend held in the U.J Esuene stadium, Calabar with over 1,000 applicants including non applicants partaking in the process which lasted over eight hours. The exercise began few minutes past seven o’clock with those present going for a
A few years ago, when I was building my house, I was shocked to realize that I spent about a million Naira on the purchase of ceramic tiles alone. Most of these tiles were said to have been imported into the country from Spain and Italy. The question that I immediately asked was why do
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended by Cross River State governor Benedict Ayade for his efforts towards containing the challenge of erosion currently affecting communities across the state adding that Buhari has irrespective of party lines demonstrated that he is the President of Nigeria by sending a fact finding