By CrossRiverWatch admin The Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) Coalition, a group of civil societies in Cross River State has raised concerns about the rising spate of cases of child kidnapping in Calabar the state capital. The group says they have been investigating the recent spate of child kidnapping in Calabar, and they are
By Bassey Inyang Barring any last minute change, all is set for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, to receive defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Calabar, Cross River State, into the APC. It was gathered from reliable sources within the
By Ushang Ewa The Small and Medium Scale Enterprise, SME sector in Cross River State is set to gain more exposure as BusinessDay and its partners will hold a program aimed at tutoring and mentoring operators to make use of available opportunities. The annual program CrossRiverWatch learnt began in 2008 with Lagos serving as the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade yesterday announced he was abolishing all forms of taxation for low income earners in the state. Ayade who disclosed this during a media parley in Calabar, said a bill to this effect is before the state House of Assembly. The governor maintained that the poor
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Quarry operators carrying out activities within Cross River State must fulfil their obligations to the government as business operators if they are to be patronized by the current administration says Governor Benedict Ayade. The governor made this known to the operators in a meeting with them in his office
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, today undertook unscheduled visits to some ministries to find out if civil servants comply with their official responsibilities. The governor, who was accompanied by his Deputy, Prof Ivara Esu, Secretary to the State Government , Mrs. Tina Agbor, and Acting Head of
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The member representing Ogoja State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA Hon. Peter Odey has felicitated with the management and staff of CrossRiverWatch on its 3rd Year Anniversary coming up on August, 27th 2015. Hon. Peter commended CrossRiverWatch saying “it has built a great
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade has dissociated herself from some facebook I.Ds purportedly belonging to her, which have been asking unsuspecting job seekers to pay sums of money for prospective employment in some federal agencies. In a statement today by her Special Assistant on Media