by crossriverwatch admin Shops and business premises have remained shut in Ogoja the northern Senatorial District of Cross River State in the past four days following disagreement between the Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Council, Ms Rita Ayim and the traders over the taxes demanded by the council from the traders. The traders are rejecting
by crossriverwatch admin The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA Hon. Larry Odey has expressed satisfaction with the just concluded meeting of the Northern Stakeholders Forum, NSF describing it as a means of harmonizing the northern interest for the governorship race come 2015. In an interview with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting which held
by crossriverwatch admin Some 86 communities in Cross River have benefitted from the N12.5 billion water supply project sponsored by the state government in collaboration with the World Bank and First Bank (Nigeria) Plc. Mr Godwin Akwagiobe, the state Water Project Engineer, stated this in an interview with the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) at
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has restated his government’s commitment to hosting the best ever National Sports Festival, tagged the Centenary Games in November. The governor will be in Lagos on Monday for a stakeholders meeting at the Whitbaker Hotel in Ikoyi where he will explain the importance of hosting
by crossriverwatch admin I read with alarm and total amusement the essay titled “CRWatch and the Witch Hunting of Efiok Cobham” by one Mike Abuo on the internet. I make bold to say the essay by Mr. Abuo is hogwash, balderdash and a mere farrago of words. I am ashamed that somebody who says he
by crossriverwatch admin Activities to mark the 2nd Year Anniversary of CrossRiverWatch are in top gear just as organizers say this year’s anniversary will be marked with a lecture themed: Bakassi: Footprints of Democracy Without A Human Face.” Chairman of the occasion, Senator Bassey Ewa Henshaw, who is also the Chairman of the Board of
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke, has described as shocking, painful and saddening, the death of former Information and Communication Minister, Professor (Mrs.) Dora Akunyili, lamenting that Nigeria has once again lost one of her gems. Governor Imoke in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, said:
by crossriverwatch admin There’s no society that can exist without the press as well as a government. In every true society the press and government are needed for her development. In fact not just these two components are needed by the society for her development but every machinery of the society can and should be