By CrossRiverWatch Admin Immediate past Water Resources Commissioner in Cross River State, Engr. Elemi Etowa has been reported dead. Mr. Etowa, a renowned geologist was Managing Director of the state Water Board before his appointment as Commissioner for Water Resources by former governor Liyel Imoke in 2012. Family sources say the Abi born water expert
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, commissioned the Skyrun Ultra modern freezers complex in Calabar and used the occasion to eulogize governor Ayade of Cross River state. The former President was back in the state for the second time in one month to commission the first industrial revolution freezer equipments, complete with
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Ahead of the December 9, 2017 national elective convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Media Mogul and Chairmanship aspirant, Raymond Dokpesi has promised to rally the desired support for Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to actualize his dream of industrialization. The former Chairman of Daar Communications which
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 200,000 people are currently living with the HIV virus in Cross River state state and only 30,000 of those are receiving treatment. This disclosure was made Friday December 1, as Cross River State joined the rest of the World to mark the 2017 World AIDS day. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday presented a budget of NGN1.3 trillion tagged “Budget of Kinetic Crystallization.” The figure and name of the budget has sent the social media sphere agog with comments and CrossRiverWatch monitored some on Facebook and Twitter which are listed below. Legor Idagbo, a federal legislator
By CrossRiverWatch Admin People have been tearing up Rochas, Aregbesola, and that boy in Kogi for too long while allowing another one who is worse than the first two, at least, to get under the radar. A governor in the South-South; one of the worst governors, if not the worst ever, in Nigeria presents a
By Ushang Ewa and Nandi Bette Staff of the Obudu mountain resort have written Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State threatening to begin a comprehensive industrial action by next week if issues concerning their owed salaries and allowances among others are not resolved before then. This comes a few days after the staff chased
By CrossRiverWatch Admin To forestall the strains occasioned by a hike in prices of commodities during Christmas, workers in Cross River State, have reasons to smile as the State governor, Senator Ben Ayade today, (November 30) commenced the payment of December salaries for the state’s workforce. This is not the first time the Ayade led