By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Government has cancelled the controversial 2024/2025 Local Government recruitment exercise, retaining 821 personnel and approved a fresh recruitment exercise for 4,000 workers. The decision follows the submission and consideration of the report of a Panel of Enquiry set up to investigate the recruitment exercise conducted by the now-defunct
By Sylvia Akpan Ten final-year students of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Student Hardship Grant for the 2025/2026 academic session. The development was disclosed by the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Offiong Okon, in a post on his official Facebook account. According
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of an unidentified woman found desd in a hotel room along Clifford Street, Calabar South Local Government Area, with investigators searching for a male guest believed to have lodged with her hours before the discovery. The Police said the incident
By Prompt News The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation (NPSI) declared Mary-Brenda Akoda as the winner of its 2026 Prize for her groundbreaking innovation, GenScan AI (GenMRI/C-MORE), an artificial-intelligence-powered solution that accelerates Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Akoda who hails from Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, becomes the first millennial and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-born student Akanya Thomas Akanya has been reportedly poisoned by a fellow student in Federal University Wukari, Taraba State. Akanya Thomas who hails from Abanyom Clan, Osibi-Etikpe Community, Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River, was said to have been poisoned on Sunday, September 7, 2026. The suspect, a second year
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Deputy Treasurer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Ben Akak, has commended the South-South Governors’ Forum for the resolutions reached at its meeting in Calabar, describing the gathering as a significant step towards building a more united, economically integrated and development-focused South-South region. Akak, in a statement on Tuesday,
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has approved the appointment of Mr. Utsu John Atsu as the new Managing Director of the Cross River State Tourism Bureau. The appointment was contained in a press release issued by the Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and
By Frank Ulom, Converseer Akwa-Cross has again been thrown into mourning following the death of another journalist, Patrick Odey, the Punch Newspapers Correspondent in Akwa Ibom State. Converseer learned that Odey, who hails from Cross River State died this morning in Akwa Ibom, where he’s currently working as journalist and a member of the Akwa