By Vitalis Ugoh Officers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Cross River had within the past seven months closed down five illegal refineries in different locations in the state. The closure was recorded under the period under review according to the state Commandant, Adesuyi Dayo Clement while briefing news
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner For Youths and Sports Development, Comrade Asu Okang has revealed that the State has been given grace period to host the National Sports Festival, NAFEST. According to him, “The Minister for Youths and Sports Development Barrister Solomon Dalong has given us until second quarter of this year
By Our Correspondents The state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has sent a request to the State House of Assembly requesting for 30 more advisers. It would be recalled that before now, Mr Governor had already appointed over 200 aides. If the House grants the request of the governor, the total number of aides in his
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade today paid an unscheduled visit to some ministries, where he ordered three of his Commissioners to be locked out for failure to be at their duty posts as early as 8 a.m. Ministries visited by the governor included Agriculture, Water Resources, Women Affairs and Sustainable
(The Antics of Betrayal and Selfishness of Mr. Goddy Jedy and Co. Against the Magnanimity and Selflessness of Senator Professor Ben Ayade and The Good People of Cross River) There’s this popular belief that no matter what you do, not everyone will like you, even if you are the world best, some people will still
By Archibong Jeremiah, House of Assembly Correspondent Legislative Aides to Honorable members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have revealed to CrossRiverWatch that eight months after the commencement of the 8th Assembly, they still don’t know their fate. In separate confessions, most of them who spoke to our House of Assembly correspondent under
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says his administration is committed to planting 5 million trees to support afforestation and climate change. Ayade stated this while flagging off the Green Carnival, the first of its kind in Africa, held in Calabar, the Cross River capital. According to the governor, “Calabar is
By CrossRiverWatch admin A factional Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Solomon Chukwu, has said that the people of the Niger Delta area and the former Eastern region are part of Biafra, and remains committed to actualize an independent state of their own. In a statement credited