"Breaking: FG to Probe 245 Oil Wells in Cross River After State's Plea" The Federal Government has agreed to examine the issues surrounding the discovery of 245 oil wells in Cross River State, following a plea by the state government. Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development, has welcomed
By Sahara Reporters Former Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that he, as a sitting Governor, paid Cross River State N18.5 billion to settle an Oil Wells Court case. He was Governor of Akwa Ibom State between 2007 and 2015. Akpabio said that it was
1. PROLOGUE Traditionally, the latin phrase, “Ave, Imperator, Nos Morituri Te Salutamus” was used by the gladiators to address the Emperor before a gladiatorial match. It is now universally used in appealing for a remedial action in any human situation or endeavour. It is so today, that we find ourselves in a unique situation. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bakassi youths took to the streets and marched to the Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday to demand the return of the 76 oil wells handed to Akwa Ibom State by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 after a Supreme Court judgment. The youths led by Kingsley Asuquo carried placards
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River State has received an unfair treatment from the Federal Government in the distribution of the commonwealth said the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade Monday in Calabar, the state’s capital. “You took our land, took our oil wells, took us out of 13 per cent derivation fund and reduced
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Federal Government says it has augmented the allocation to Cross River State with the sum of NGN38Billion since the loss of its 76 oil wells to neighboring Akwa Ibom state after losing its littoral status due to the ceding of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroun. The Chairman of