by crossriverwatch admin The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC yesterday commenced nationwide registration of members. In Cross River State, the Chairman of the APC State Registration Supervisory Committee, Prince Otis from Bayelsa State arrived Calabar on Saturday morning from Abuja and assured that the exercise will commence yesterday. The Registration Supervisory Committee is made up
by crossriverwatch admin As political events unfold rapidly in Cross River State, political top wigs and stakeholders from the Cross River North Senatorial District have insisted on producing the state governor in the 2015 general election. Speaking at an interactive session of the Northern Cross River Coalition in Calabar on Saturday, former deputy governor of
by crossriverwatch admin The management of CrossRiverWatch has announced that the Cross River State dedicated news portal suffered a massive malware attack in the past forty eight hours that has disrupted operations. In a short statement from the IT Content Manager of the company, Mr. Denis Isong, the outfit apologized to the reading public and
by crossriverwatch admin The 2013 annual Calabar Festival and Carnival raked over N350 million naira into the coffers of the Cross River State government. Peter Oti, Special Adviser to the Cross River State governor on Budget Implementation and Monitoring, revealed this while answering questions from a cross-section of participants at the 2014 Cross River State
by crossriverwatch admin The Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, has said his administration will continue to expand ways the Smartgovplatform can be used to raise new revenues for the state government. The Smartgov, which is an identity management and e-payment infrastructure for state governments first deployed in Cross River State in 2011. The
by crossriverwatch admin The Commissioner of Education, Cross River State, Prof. Offiong E. Offiong has commended the leadership of Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH for its strides in organizing her second eminent lecturer series which held in Calabar recently. He lamented the lack of attention that is accorded sciences in our educational system in
by crossriverwatch admin The management of United Cement Company, UNICEM in Calabar has been asked to reinstate eight of its staff that were allegedly sacked without reason. The demand was contained in a letter dated 28th January, 2014 by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Cross River State Chapter with the reference number NLC/CRS/MD/UNICEM/CAL/1/14 to the
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than 2, 500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party in Cross River State have defected to the All Progressives Congress. Receiving the defectors late Tuesday in Calabar, the state interim chairman of the APC, Mr Alex Irek, said that the defectors included 1, 500 LP members