Shortly after he was sworn in on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, for a second term in office, Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, declared that, “I will no longer be the governor, my deputy will be acting governor while I will become the project manager of Cross River State…” Ayade’s declaration, strange as it sounds,…
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It has been a challenging and eventful 2018 and we have striven to bring you news, commentaries and views out of Cross River State in a professional manner. We have drawn so much strength from your support and we will continue to do our best and continue to stand out. May the countenance of the…
2.4 Billion Naira is a lot of money by any standards. This is the exact amount of money the Cross River State government obtained from First Bank of Nigeria PLC as a loan in 2012 for the Calabar Media City Special Purpose Vehicle. While the Cross River State House of Assembly authorized government to obtain…
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Following the publication of a few details contained in two separate phone conversations obtained by www.crossriverwatch.com and www.calitown.com from Cross River State governorship aspirant Goddy Jedy Agba and Ben Ayade, the PDP governorship flagbearer in Cross River State, there has been a deluge of rebuttals, vituperations and accusations from both the Media Consultant to Jedy…
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Early this week, the secretariat of the CRS chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in the news for the wrong reasons as an improvised explosive went off, causing verifiable damage to a section of the building. Within the week too, front line politician and former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Venatius Ikem,…
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Simply and painfully put, Nigeria’s Super Eagles will not be at next year’s African Nations Cup in nearby Equatorial Guinea to defend the cup they won in South Africa. Coming third in her qualifying group behind run away leaders, South Africa and surprise bundle, Congo, shut the door on the African Champions(?). It is a…