By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered reliably from sources in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that former Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke was yesterday quizzed at the Port Harcourt office of the Commission over his alleged involvement in the N23.29billion election bribe scandal. An operative of the Commission told CrossRivrWatch that Imoke
By CrossRiverWatch admin Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Hon. Jarigbe Agom has made a case for the N700billion, 260km Super Highway from Calabar to Obudu. One of governor Ayade’s signature projects. Speaking on Tuesday during a sectoral debate session of the House with Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Hon. Jarigbe asked the Minister to
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch can confirm that the Cross River State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ntufam John Okon is presently cooling his feet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in their South South Zonal office in Port Harcourt. Okon was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the anti graft commission who
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has lauded his Cross River State counterpart, Professor Ben Ayade, for appointing Barrister Abdulkarim Adam Maigoro, an indigene of Kano State, as his Special Adviser on Non-Indigenes Affairs. Thirty five-year-old Maigoro is one of the many Special Advisers and Personal Assistants Ayade appointed recently. Ayade had described the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The PDP in Cross River State Saturday, employed the option A4 voting pattern to select executives at the ward level which saw a lot of intrigues despite the fact no violent conduct has been reported. This is even as some members of the party allege that the PDP is yet to learn
By CrossRiverWatch admin President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed yet another Cross Riverian, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla as his Special Assistant on Prosecution. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, and also sighted by CrossRiverWatch, Chief Obla was informed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved his
By Our Reporter The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Joe Abang, Esq has put together a fund raising meeting to raise one hundred million naira (N100, 000, 000) for an ultra modern vocational skills acquisition/development center in his community. The Attorney General who hails from Oboso, Ogoja local government area of the State
By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has inaugurated five ad hoc Committees to appraise the 1st quarter performance of the 2016 approved budget of the State. The Committees are to confirm all revenue targets as provided for in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, assess actual monthly performance for