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Muri Munene, Effiong Mbukpa Says Calabar South Is Porous, Might Become Arms Transit Point

By Jonathan Ugbal His Royal Majesty Muri Munene, Effiong Mbukpa, King of the Efuts and Paramount Ruler Calabar South Cross River State has expressed worries that because of the porous nature of Calabar South boarder “It’s possible arms are being smuggled into Calabar South, though I haven’t seen any case like that but the place

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Non Indigenes In Cross River Are Eager To Contribute To Development Of The State – SA Non Indigenes Affairs

By Jonathan Ugbal The Special Assistant on Non-Indigenes Affairs and Muslim Matters to Governor Ben Ayade, Alhaji Abdulkarim Adam says non-indigenes residing in Cross River are peace lovers and will act decisively to ensure it remains so. “We don’t have problems in Cross River as other states because the non-indigenes here, we are very refined

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Expanded Government Is Deliberate Measure To Put Food On More Tables And Mouths – Ayade

By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has once again assured that his administration is committed to creating a new vista of economic hope for the people of the state as a reflection of the deep love he has for them. Ayade who stated this, Thursday, at a get together packaged by the

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Fire Service Pleads Lack Of Facilities As Fire Razes Over 40 Shops In Ikom

By CrossRiverWatch admin Property worth millions of Naira has gone up in smoke after a fire gutted the Ikom main market in Cross River state. More than 40 shops have been burnt according to reports. The inferno has been attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply. It could not be contained in spite

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Femi Falana, Rwandan Ambassador To Grace Youth Mentorship Progam In Calabar

By CrossRiverWatch admin Renowned rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to Nigeria, Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, have been named as guests in a youth mentorship program billed to hold in Calabar on 10th and 21st of April, 2016. The event with the theme “Building A

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We Want To Be Under Primary Health Care Agency – PHC Workers Tell Ayade

By Jonathan Ugbal Staff of the Primary HealthCare departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State have called on the governor, Senator Ben Ayade to immediately direct their transfer to the newly created Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA). This is even as only few PHC workers know such an agency exists at

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We Never Believed Our Music Will Be Heard In California – Space, Efik Rap Group Okpo Rekordz Manager

By Oto-Obong Clement The management of the indigenous rap group Okpo Rekordz says it never believed people outside the shores of Nigeria would yearn to listen to their content which popularizes life in the streets of Calabar with most of their lyrics in Efik, their mother tongue. The manager of the label, Ephraim Inyang who

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Ayade’s Investment Drive Of 10 Countries In 4 Weeks: Catalyzing Industrialization And Economic Development Of Cross River Through FDI BY EMMANUEL ETIM

When in his Inaugural Speech Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Nigeria promised “We shall bring new vistas of hope by expanding the means of production, increasing access to capital and catalyzing our value chain” many critics dismissed this as mere rhetoric and were quick to say “we have heard all of these before”.

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