By CrossRiverWatch Admin Operatives from the South South Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Port Harcourt raided the Calabar home of governor Ben Ayade yesterday in continuation of investigation into allegations that the Governor’s younger brother, Dr. Frank Ayade may have perpetrated some shady deals in relation to the project.
By CrossRiverWatch admin All is set for the unveiling of the Cross River State House of Assembly Year II Legislative Road map. Hinting on the event, the Speaker Hon Gaul Lebo said that the package tagged the ‘Cross River State House of Assembly 2nd Legislative Year Reform Architecture’ would be unveiled on Friday 26th August,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross Riverians have been assured that the 26 MegaWatts Tinapa Power plant proposed by Governor Ben Ayade will be ready in 18 months and will boost electricity supply to investors who are coming into the state. The assurance was given during the signing of an agreement between the state government and a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigeria Army recently paraded four suspected criminals in Ikang, Bakassi local government area. The four are alleged to be notorious hoodlums that have been terrorizing the area. According to a reliable source, the culprits, whose identities are said to be questionable, are believed to have been involved in criminal
By Jeremiah Archibong Four persons are currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, State Housing State division for defacing Cross River State capital city of Calabar in what the state’s Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSAA) says is a bid to rid the streets of defaulters. The Director General of the Agency, Stanley
By Jeremiah Archibong Basic education in Cross River State before the advent of the incumbent administration was below expectations says the Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB) Dr. Stephen Odey. Stephen who disclosed this recently in his office while addressing executives of the Cross River state branch of the Young Lawyers Forum
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The wife of the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Omotunde Ivara-Esu has retired from the state’s civil service after 35 years of service. Omotunde who got to the zenith of the civil service, until her retirement was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government Affairs and
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade was yesterday reduced to tears by the squalid and subhuman conditions he found at one of the camps for the displaced people of Bakassi. The Governor who was in company of the Mayor of Dortmund, Germany, Mr. Fuss Friedrich, immediately made a cash donation of