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The Greatest Challenge Cross River Faces is The State of Its Roads – Hon. Owan Enoh

by crossriverwatch admin Hon. John Owan-Enoh is one of the longest serving lawmakers in the National Assembly from Cross River State. He began his legislative career from the Cross River State House of Assembly in 1999 and since then, moved on to the House of Representatives and has maintained his position. He is rumoured to

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Gershom Bassey And The Incompetence of Cross River State Water Board BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Water Board Limited, the successor in title of the defunct Water Board, is one of the extra-ministerial departments created in the 1970 after the creation of the defunct South Eastern State of Nigeria on the 27th May, 1967. In the 1990s, the defunct Water Board was changed into

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Imoke swears In 14 Permanent Secretaries, Charges Them on Service Delivery

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke yesterday swore in 14 Permanent Secretaries. Of the 14 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries, four are women. Performing the ceremony at the state Council Chambers, Calabar, the state capital, Imoke charged the new permanent secretaries to remain firm on his administration’s policy thrust as well as

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EbonyLife TV Expands Homegrown Programs

by crossriverwatch admin As EbonyLife TV presents star singers Banky W and Tiwa Savage as anchors of a talk-show program, it has reinforced its homegrown entertainment programming. In The Banky & Tiwa Show, which comes on air on Tuesday nights, the artistes come together to do something outside music as they and their guests deal

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Cross River Assembly Passes N180bn Budget

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the 2014 appropriation bill into law, approving the sum of N 180.14bn for the fiscal year. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation and Finance, Mr. Jacob Otu-Enyia, on Wednesday said the approved figure showed a variance of N3.83bn He said a total

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19 Die in Auto Crash on Calabar – Uyo Road

by crossriverwatch admin Nineteen people including the drivers of a bus and truck were amongst those killed in an auto crash along the devastated Calabar – Uyo highway on Wednesday evening when an Onistsha bound bus collided two trucks. The accident, an eye witnessed, Peace Monday told CrossRiverWatch occurred when a Cross Link bus ferrying

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Unical Teaching Hospital Doctors Protest Death of Colleague

by crossriverwatch admin Activities at the University of Calabar Teaching Houspital Calabar UCTH were on Thursday brought to a halt as doctors on housemanship launched a protest following the death of their colleague who was involved in a ghastly motor accident and allowed to die because of strike by hospital workers which shut down the

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Army Destroys 36 Petrol Tankers, Six Boats in Cross River – Brigade Commander

by crossriverwatch admin Brigadier General Okwudili Azinta, the outgoing Commander of 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army said Wednesday in Calabar that 36 petroleum tankers and six “Cotonou’’ boats used in oil bunkering in Cross River were destroyed while he was in charge of the Brigade. Brig. Azinta who was presenting a scorecard of his

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