“In recognizing the challenges that we as a country face, and of course, with the meltdown in the global economy, it is evident that only states that globalize their economy can move forward.” These were the words of the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, Sen. Prof Benedict Ayade while briefing newsmen at the
In Acts 19: 6, we are told that, ‘’During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us’.’’ The same situation seems to be playing out in Cross River State in the present. The Government of Senator Ben Ayade is presently faced
By CrossRiverWatch admin In a bid to consolidate their gains in Cross River state with the decamping of erstwhile bigwigs of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state, the ruling party in its recent restructuring has admitted former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN and former governor
By CrossRiverWatch admin Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District and Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, Senator John Owan Enoh yesterday held a career coaching day for youths in his constituency. The event which was billed to expose young people to tips on how to create and make use of available opportunities for self-empowerment, saw
By Our Correspondent There was palpable tension at the Ernest Etim-Bassey Press Center of the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Saturday over the rerun election ordered by a Calabar Court. The election ended in a fiasco following the inability of the National Secretary of NUJ, Shuaibu Leiman to conduct
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
The 260km super highway project popularly called “signature project’’ is one of the infrastructural development initiatives of the Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade. In his inaugural speech as Governor of the state, on the 29th of May, 2015, with the entire world as his witness, he announced the conceptualization of two
It is said that war does not know who is right or wrong, but who is left – at the end of the day. So, to my chagrin, I watch and listen to the purported feud between Governor Ben Ayade and his kinsman, Barrister Venatius Ikem, both from Obudu, Cross River State. While the Governor