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FAAN Names Calabar Airport as Agro-Perishable

by crossriverwatch admin In line with the Ministry of Aviation Cargo Perishable Initiative, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN has said that the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, in Cross River State has been designated as one of the nation’s Agro-Perishable cargo airport. The Director Cargo Development, FAAN Mr. Roland Ofule, disclosed this in

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Jonathan, Mark, Others Pay Tributes to Late Justice Ndoma Egba

by crossriverwatch admin President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President, David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal were among the dignitaries that paid last respect to the late Judge of the Nigerian Court of Appeal, Justice Emmanuel Takon Ndoma Egba. In a condolence message read by the Secretary to the Government of the

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Only The Public Can Help me Achieve My Dream – 21yr Undergraduate Who Wants to Eradicate Cancer in Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin Frances Undie is a 300 level Accounting undergraduate in the Ogoja Campus of Cross State University of Technology, CRUTECH. At 21, she is the Founder of a non-governmental organisation, ‘Frankiz Reach-Out Charity Crew’. In a recent interview, she told crossriverwatch that she lost her dear friend to cancer and she is standing

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Court Refuses to Sack Gov Imoke From Office

by Vanguard Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Monday, declined to sack Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State from office. The Court further dismissed the suit which was entered against the Governor by candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the last governorship election in the state,

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Cross River MDAs Fail 2012 Budget Performance

by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, in Cross River State have failed the minimum required standard of implementing the budget for the year 2012. Only last week, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Peter Oti rejected some reports of budget officers from various MDAs

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Cross River Opposition Parties at Loggerheads Over Imoke’s Health

by crossriverwatch admin Opposition political parties in Cross River State are at loggerheads over what position to take in the protracted wait for the return of the ailing governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties CNPP which is supposed to be the umbrella body of all the opposition parties,

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Letter Bomb Kills One in Lagos

by Vanguard 27 years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Although there were different versions as to how the late Chief

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Cross River PDP Exco on ‘RAG DAY’ in Abuja

by crossriverwatch admin An eighteen member delegation of executive members of the ruling People Democratic Party PDP, led by the chairman of the party in the state, Ntufam John Okon, last week went on a consultation meeting, with members of the national assembly caucus, which a federal lawmaker from the state has described as “more

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