By Inyali Peter Two different robbery attacks which occurred at about 1pm in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and another at about 5:25 in Express Supermarket located at Mount Zion street all in Calabar, capital city of Cross River have left two people dead. Narrating the attack in UCTH, an eye witness said that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has introduce e-testing for all categories of drivers in the state. According to the scheme, prospective drivers applying for driver’s licence will now have to do so through an online testing portal. The e-Testing for drivers is one of the innovations introduced by Governor Ben Ayade administration
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River University of Technology came alive on Thursday, September 22nd 2016 as it played host to the 2016 Prep2Grad Symposium – The CRUTECH Edition. The Symposium is a flagship initiative of the Afterschool Centre for Career Development – a non-governmental, capacity development organization committed to inspiring, investing and engaging young
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has reassured Cross Riverians that his government has taken all the necessary actions to prevent loss of jobs in the state as the country battles economic recession. Giving this assurance at the opening ceremony of a 3-day high-level training workshop for gender desk heads in ministries,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Facts are gradually emerging on what are some of the reasons behind the dramatic withdrawal of support for Governor Ayade by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the legal tussle between the governor and Joe Agi, SAN at the Supreme Court. The PDP took many by surprise at the Supreme
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Army has confirmed that militants killed one of its personnel in Bakassi Local Government Area on Saturday. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, who confirmed the incident in a statement, however, said the troops killed two of the militants in the attack that occurred in the morning. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin John Inyang, The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in Cross River State temporarily lost his cool with a CrossRiverWatch correspondent following his persistent inquiry over why staff of the ministry locked the yet–to–be-opened radio station belonging to former NNPC top gun, Jedy Agba. Inyang had initially declined comments claiming he was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has declined direct comments on the data from the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) that its external debt currently stands at about 131.469 million dollars i.e. over 41 billion Naira. The Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong and his counterpart in Information and Orientation, Friday declined comments on