By Eval Asikong Following the inability of the contracted firms handling evacuation of refuse in Calabar metropolis to meet their obligations, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has announced an immediate termination of their contracts. The governor, who expressed disappointment at the level of evacuation by the firms in Calabar South and some parts of…
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Yesterday’s press statement issued by Christian Ita, Press Secretary to Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, to the effect that the ground breaking for the 260km dual carriage super highway has been postponed, may not have come as a surprise to many as several representations against the construction of the highway have flooded President Buhari’s…
By Eval Asikong Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has described the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula by the Federal Government to the Republic of Cameroon as the most unconstitutional and most ungodly act in recent times. Ayade, who expressed this when he received the Chief of Naval Staff, Real Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, on a…
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While addressing a well packed hall at the 3rd anniversary celebration of foremost Cross River-centred online news platform, www.crossriverwatch.com, held at the Diamond Hall, Transcorp Metro Hotel, Calabar, this past Thursday, former Justice Minister and Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Godwin Agabi, has pleaded with Cross Riverians to stop criticizing Cross River State governor, Ben…
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Work in most government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in Cross River State, has been at a standstill with www.calitown.com investigations revealing that the situation is tied to the non-release of operational funds to various MDAs by the state government since government changed hands in May, 2015. Sources inside government further revealed that the situation…
The landmark case which seems to have put everything on hold in Cross River State has just been ruled in favour of CR governor, Ben Ayade. Joe Agi, SAN, had dragged Ayade before a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to have Ayade thrown out as governor. This means that Ayade has been exonerated from…
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