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NLC Protests Increase In Electricity Tariff In Calabar

By Frank Edima The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Cross River State Council, yesterday joined the rest of the labor movement in the nationwide protest against increased electricity tariff. The protest which held along Calabar road according to the NLC, State Chairman, Comrade John Ushie, is to express their disapproval of the 45% increase in tariff

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Ibeshi Meets AfDB Bigwigs, Discusses Cross River

By Ushang Ewa The Cross River state government Special Envoy to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Emmanuel Ibeshi, has met with several board members and executives of the financial institution to discuss its interventions and planned programs in the state. Ibeshi in separate meetings with the bank’s top guns in Nigeria and its headquarters in

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Calabar Killer Cops: Police Confiscate CrossRiverWatch Correspondent Phones

By Our Reporter Mr. Jeremiah Archibong, a CrossRiverWatch correspondent had his phones seized in court yesterday and was briefly detained by the duty police officer in court for allegedly recording court proceedings. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the phones were seized when one of the accused persons (Inspector Gershom), recognized the correspondent and raised alarm that they

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Killer Cops: Calabar High Court Remands 14 Dismissed Policemen, Adjourns Ruling On Bail Application

By CrossRiverWatch admin A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by the Honorable Justice Michael Edem, has remanded 14 dismissed police officers in police custody pending ruling on a contentious bail application by the defence lawyers. The dismissed officers are standing trial in Charge No. HC/2C/2016 for the murder

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Retirees In Calabar Take To The Streets To Protest Non Payment Of 5 Years Gratuity

By CrossRiverWatch admin Over one hundred retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital are demanding for the immediate payment of their gratuity which has not been paid for the past five years. The retirees in a peaceful protest to the governor’s office carried placards with inscriptions like; we are demanding for the right payment

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Garment Factory Will Be Commissioned April 1 – Ayade

By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has again promised that the Calabar garment factory, one of his signature projects will be commissioned by the 1st of April, 2016. The garment factory which was earlier scheduled to be commissioned within the first hundred days in office of Ayade’s administration has seen delays

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Ayade: Bearing the Burden of Leadership BY SOLOMON ASHA/EMMANUEL ULAYI

By: Solomon Asha/Emmanuel Ulayi The path of destiny and leadership, as it has been known from the time of yore to our own age is normally accompanied with burden and loneliness. Any man or woman with divine destiny to fulfill or is divinely fore-ordained to carry out certain tasks in mortality for the good of

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Governor Ayade Must Read This BY Fr. EVARISTUS BASSEY

More than a year ago, precisely on January 2nd 2015, in a semi rural community called Oban Town, then Governor Liyel Imoke brought then candidate Ben Ayade as part of his entourage, to grace the Akachak Festival, the annual community carnival organised by the Ejagham East people in Oban Town. Imoke had promised to rank

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