By Patrick Obia And Kelvin Ololo. The Governor of Cross River State Sen. Ben Ayade has implore Cross Riverians to remain resolute and rededicate their commitment in spite of challenges faced, as his administration is focusing on restructuring the State and enriching Cross Riverians. Ayade who was represented by His Deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu in
By Kelvin Ololo As Nigerians marks it’s 59th independence days celebration, activists have said that the country is far back where it supposed to be since it gained her freedom from Colonial Master on October 1st, 1960 and call on citizens to wake up and hold the Government accountable. These were intoned by dual guests
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s Southern port city of Calabar presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda today (Thursday) has adjourned to 2nd October 2019 to continue hearing on the case against the Federal Republic of Nigeria against Citizen Agba Jalingo. Jalingo is facing charges of terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt
By CrossRiverWatch Admin PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) as currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the
I’ve never benefited from the Government financially. Most people think Cross River and Donald Duke funded my film, The Amazing Grace. It’s wrong. The budget was 400,000 GBP ($800,000 then) of which the majority were foreign investments. What I got from Cross River State Government was the location to build my sets and accommodation for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin See the 43 Federal Republic of Nigeria Executive Council members (Ministers) and their designation. Watch video on CrossRiverWatch TV below;
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Over two months after the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued a directive barring State Governments from tampering with Local Government funds, Mudiaga AfeA of Punch Newspapers reports that many Governors have yet to comply. When on May 6, 2019, the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit issued the “Guidelines to reduce vulnerabilities created by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has began test transmission of its 23 megawatts power plant in Calabar, the State capital. The project which began in 2016 is at completion stage according to the Government. The Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade while addressing journalists in Calabar was visibly happy as he maintained that he