By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Wife of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Dr. Linda Ayade joined millions across the globe to heave a sigh of relief following Yahyah Jammeh’s decision to bow to pressure and yield power as President of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia after losing the December 1, 2016
By Ushang Ewa The Benue State House of Assembly Friday ended a 3 day retreat for its 22 members at the Obudu mountain resort CrossRiverWatch sources say. The retreat CrossRiverWatch gathered is aimed at deliberating comprehensively to chart a legislative framework for the development of Benue state which is bordered to the south by Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Council elections to elect Chairmen and legislators for the 18 local government areas of Cross River State will hold in the second quarter of 2017 says the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr. Mike Ushie. “I have been saying in different fora on radio and everywhere that elections will
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The High Court of Cross River State Monday restrained the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade from appointing caretaker committees to man the 18 local government councils. The tenure of the elected local government chairmen elapsed last month and the governor directed the former chairmen to hand over to their
By Ushang Ewa In a show of appreciation for the support during the legal tussle of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, his wife Dr. Linda Ayade Saturday night met with members of a political support group, ‘Team Linda’ at the residence of the Commissioner for Lands, John Inyang in Calabar. Hosted by the wife
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says the new year holds a brighter future for residents as execution of all programs and projects that were in the pipeline will begin in earnest. “In the year 2017, we are expecting the Governor to take the bull by the horn and take Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “shockingly embarrassing”, the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to submit Cross River Born acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation. The Guardian reports that the spokesman to the national caretaker committee of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The cost for the celebration of the verdict of the Supreme Court over a pre election matter of perjury against Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade which affirmed him as Governor may have been in excess of NGN100 million findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Not less than NGN7million was said to have been