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PDP Should Sit Up to Avert Disaster – Rep, Essien Ayi

by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Essien Ayi, the member representing Calabar South, Akpabuyo and Bakassi in the House of Representatives has called on the PDP which he is a member to sit up if disaster must be averted. In an interview with CrossRiverWatch, the rep said: “Well, it is true that, we have had a lot

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Cross River APC Elects Interim Excos

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has concluded the election of its Interim Working Committee. In an election that held on Monday in Etaval Hotel, Calabar the State Harmonisation Committee elected a former Member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honourable Victor Okon as the

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Calabar Medical Tourism: How to Avoid The Tinapa Mistake BY PRINCEWILL OJONG ODIDI

by crossriverwatch admin It is unimaginable but true, Nigerians spend billions of naira in India yearly on medical tourism. Within the last five years, the Indian embassy recorded the highest number of visa request from any single country seeking permits to visit India for medical reasons from Nigeria with exception of United States. The failure

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GOTV Storms Calabar With Premium Channels

by crossriverwatch admin GOTV is adding pep, fun and glamour in Calabar with the introduction of its premium channels broadcasting on terrestrial platform. The introduction of the channels during the yuletide season coincided with the annual Calabar Carnival with its marketers adorned in special attires to promote the product at the Millennium Park and the

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We Have Joined the National Strike – College Of Education Academic Staff Union, Akamkpa Chapter

by crossriverwatch admin “We have resolved as a group to join the ongoing national indefinite strike as directed by our national council, injustice to one is injustice to all”. This is the assertion of the Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa chapter of College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU Chairman, Comrade Agba Linus

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I Will Not Anoint a Successor – Gov Imoke

by crossriverwatch admin In apparent shocker to potential governorship aspirants waiting to be ‘anointed’, Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has declared that he would not pronounce anybody as his successor ahead of 2015. Governor Imoke made the declaration when he hosted the state’s Elders’ Consultative Forum at Government House Calabar. The governor said

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Cross River 2015: Ayade for Governor! BY RAYMOND EYO

by crossriverwatch admin “With his qualities and novel achievements, Senator Benedict Ayade certainly stands tall and able to pilot the affairs of Cross River State.” – Alice Aboh As the political jostling to determine the gladiators who will contest for the various state governorships next year is set to commence in earnest later this year,

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Help Reduce Crime Rate to Single Digit, Cross River Tasks Civil Defence

by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the Cross River State Security Adviser, has called on the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to work closely with other security agencies in the state to reduce the crime rate to a single digit. Mr. Rekpene Bassey said this on Monday while handing over a Toyota Hilux van

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