by crossriverwatch admin The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) penultimate Friday rescued a 12-year-old boy, Sunday Afebende, allegedly trafficked from Obudu, Cross River, to Abuja. Mr Amos Andekin, the Commandant of the corps in the state, told newsmen in Lafia that Afebende was found wandering around Angwan Kwano
by crossriverwatch admin The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememem, last Monday flagged-off the rehabilitation and construction of Lessel-Wajir and Vandeikya-Obudu roads. The contract was awarded to Tilley Gyado and CCECC companies at the cost of N1.035 billion and N3.296 billion, respectively. Tilley Gyado will handle the 25 kilometre Lessel-Wajir road while CCECC is to
by crossriverwatch admin One thing is certain in the politics of silence currently pervading the political landscape in Cross River State and that is the reality that, like the other thirty five states in the country, on May 29, 2015, Senator Liyel Imoke, the governor of the state would vacate office and handover to another
by crossriverwatch admin The plan of the Government of Cross River State to sell five Cocoa Farms belonging to Government is in bad taste and must resisted. The people of Cross River State must arouse from their lethargy and self imposed slumber and fiercely resist the attempt by Governor Imoke to sell our patrimony and
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State, Nigeria’s second-largest cocoa grower, has concluded plans to sell five government-owned farms in a bid to boost production of the commodity with private investment. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg, the Executive Secretary of Cross River State Council on Privatization, Dave Amiye, said bidding for the cocoa farms which
by crossriverwatch admin Two British citizens allegedly involved in the stealing of crude oil in the Niger Delta have been arrested and now presently being detained in Bayelsa state. The Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Paulo Shied, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, who assumed office about two months ago, revealed this to the Cross
by crossriverwatch admin The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF)- a non-profit leadership and mentoring foundation established by Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has graduated eighty trainees under its annual Graduate Employability Training (GET). The annual graduation according to the organizers is committed to building generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and
by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Ngim Okpo, the member representing Biase State Constituency has not performed up to the expectation of the people of Biase and therefore does not deserve a second term which he claims he is entitled to as a member of the Cross River State House of Assembly. Mr. Ojar Egbai, the Chairman