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Like Snowflakes, Like Power – Duke, Imoke, Ayade BY AGBA JALINGO

May 29, 2015. I was at the Calabar International Conference Center CICC. There was also a mammoth crowd. The place, though still under construction, was hurriedly opened for the inauguration of the new Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. I got there early with the CrossRiverWatch team. I saw the entry of the outgoing governor Imoke. He

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CROSIEC Chairman Calls For LG Election In Ayade’s 2nd Term

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission CROSIEC, Dr. Michael Ushie, wants governor Ayade to properly constitute the third tier of government in the state, to trickle benefits to the local people as well as create job opportunities to absorb some of the appointees that are being laid off

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6000 Aides Turn Jobless As Governor Ayade Ends Their Appointments

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Close to six thousand former appointees of the the governor of Cross River state, Senator Ben Ayade, are turning jobless from today. That is sequel to a directive from the governor in a statement last week, that all appointees prepare their handover notes and submit to him through the permanent secretaries of

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Cross River AG Okays Trial Of Ayade’s Aide, Edet Okon Asim, For Rape

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Three months after the arrest of Mr. Edet Okon Asim, a former Chairman of Calabar Municipality and Special Adviser to Governor Ayade on Biodiversity, he will now be arraigned at the High Court on charges of raping a fifteen year old girl. Edet Asim will be charged along with two other accomplices,

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Cross River Releases Interview Schedule For Shortlisted Health Workers

By CrossRiverWatch Admin CRSPHCDA INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR EMPLOYMENT. SOUTHERN SENATORIAL DISTRICT. DAY ONE TUESDAY 23/4/19 TIME; 8am PROMPT VENUE; CRSPHCDA CONFERENCE ROOM CADRE TO BE ATTENDED TO; OPTOMETRIST PHARMACIST HEALTH RECORDS JCHEW/CHEW WARD ORDERLIES DAY TWO WEDNESDAY 24/4/19 TIME; 8am PROMPT VENUE; CRSPHCDA CONFERENCE ROOM CADRE TO BE ATTENDED TO; NURSES AND MIDWIVES MED LAB/LAB

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BREAKING: Ayade To Reduce Cabinet, Directs Commissioners, Others To Prepare Handover Notes

By Our Government House Correspondent Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has disclosed that he will reduce the size of his cabinet in order to ensure better service delivery. This is even as the Governor, in a statement released in Calabar on today, Thursday, directed

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4th Straight Convocation: Prof. Akpagu Sets Record In UNICAL BY INYALI PETER

Since Prof. Zana Akpagu emerged as the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, it has been one sucess story to another. The erudite varsity administrator has broken many records and set new ones which may take his successor a decade to equal his records. His emergence in 2015 as the 10th VC of

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Linda Ayade Felicitates Aisha Buhari On Receipt Of Diamond Award Of Excellence

By Elijah Uganiĺ The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade is among the dignitaries that graced the presentation of a Diamond award of Excellence presented to the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari by the National Agency For Food, Drugs Adminstration and Control NAFDAC. The occasion to mark the

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