By Aplefe Ojong The seventeenth Governor of Cross River State since its creation as South – Eastern State to it’s rechristening as Cross River State, Professor Senator Ben Ayade has been inaugurated in Calabar. Professor Senator Ayade formally took his oath of office /allegiance from 1.20pm and concluded by 1.24pm. Professor Senator Ben Ayade was
By CrossRiverWatch admin “Fellow Cross Riverians, friends and well-wishers, it is a great privilege to be here with you today, 8 years after I was given the mantle of leadership of our dear state. When I assumed office, I set out to re-engineer governance in our state to bring tangible economic development to the rural
By Our Correspondent Huge investments in navigational equipment at the Bebi Airstrip by the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, yesterday began to bear fruit with Aero Contractors commencing commercial flights to Obudu Ranch Resort. Speaking shortly after touching down on a return flight from the Ranch Resort to Calabar, on a Dash 8
By Aplefe Ojong A total sum N1.9 billion has been expended by the outgoing administration of Senator Liyel Imoke as scholarship awards to 5,362 indigenes of Cross River state. The outgoing Commissioner for Education, Professor Offiong Offiong who disclosed this during the end of tenure ministerial press briefing at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre,
By Our Correspondent Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, has been presented with an award by UNICEF in recognition of the state’s fruitful partnership in promoting the rights of children and women. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Jean Gough, who presented the award to Imoke said that tremendous impact has been recorded in
By Christiana Ukung Alawa/Oto-Obong Clement Edet Marshal Effiom and Marvelous Etim have both emerged Children’s Day Prince and Princes pageantry 2015 respectively. The duo in separate remarks after victory, expressed joy and thanked God for their triumph. They lauded their parents for supporting them and advised other kids to work harder next time. They were
By Aplefe Ojong Last Friday in Calabar, Cross River state, a young man, now on the run, stabbed a girl in her early twenties simply identified as Queen to death over a mobile phone at Nelson Mandela street by Target road, Calabar South LGA. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered that a girl friend to the late Queen
By Archibong Jeremiah The organizer of Children’s Day Prince and Princess beauty pageantry, Queeneth Orok has disclosed that the rationale behind the project is to build children’s self esteem, discover and develop their innate abilities through pageantry entertainment. She barred her mind in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch recently as she said, “I am a