By Aplefe Ojong The Governor of Cross River state, Senator Ben Ayade has been commended for appointing a son of Utukalu, Mr. Martin Orim as his new Chief of Staff. Coordinator, Utukalu Elite Forum, Comrade Cosmas Okiri, who gave the commendation during a courtesy call of the group on the Chief of Staff in his
By Our Correspondent Cross River born little Mr. Planet, Augustine Asuquo has been eulogized for making Cross River proud at the world stage. Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo, handed the eulogy when the Little Mr. Planet visited his office yesterday, saying that Master Asuquo had been able to
By CrossRiverWatch admin The promise by the management of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH to provide hostel accommodation for its students in Calabar campus a fortnight after resumption on May 11, 2015 may not be fulfilled even before the end of the semester. The management in a statement signed by the acting Bursar
By Ushang Ewa Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that lack of funding has stalled the construction of sporting facilities for the 19th National Sports Festival, NAFEST which was scheduled to hold in Calabar the Cross River State Capital in November 2014. The administration of former governor, Senator Liyel Imoke had in several fora claimed all the
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade left for Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland where he is expected to meet with key Irish investors as he continues his drive to industrialize the state. The Irish trip was preceded by a courtesy call on the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch investigation has revealed that the controversial airplane belonging to the Cross River State Government is still undergoing some refurbishment at the Aero Contractors hanger at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. CrossRiverWatch investigators were granted rare access into the aircraft to inspect the level of work. The 70 seater Dash 8-Q200
By Jeremiah Archibong Air Peace, one of the new airlines in the country has commenced daily commercial flights from Abuja and Lagos to the Margaret Ekpo International Aiport in Calabar CrossRiverWatch can report. Aero Contractors which has been travelling the Calabar-Lagos route for years now has also concluded arrangements to commence the Calabar-Abuja route from
By Ushang Ewa A lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Engineer Stephen Tekum was yesterday arrested by men of the Department of State Security, DSS while delivering a lecture in the institution for extorting students. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Stephen was arrested while delivering a lecture at