By Jonathan Ugbal The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has slammed the Managing Director of the Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Mr. Clement Umina over subtle threats made to the association’s acting chairman and publisher of Calabarblog, Mr. Hope Obeten. Mr. Umina had circulated a statement on Friday where he denied an investigative
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that two Boki east communities; Okwabang and Beebo are currently at war. Boki is located in central Cross River State and hosts a vast amount of the state’s rainforest reserve. And, despite the presence of the Police and officials of the Nigerian Army, two have been killed in
By Our Reporter The winner of the CrossRiverWatch Man Of The Year 2017 award, Dr. Inyang Asibong, will be presented the award, March 28 in Calabar, organizers have announced. According to the statement from the organizers, the award will be presented by the wife of the governor of Cross River state, Dr. Linda Ayade in
By Archibong Jeremiah Information reaching our newsroom has it that the wife of the member representing Yakurr 1 Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Nelson Ofem has been kidnapped. Hon. Ofem, Chairman House Committee on Judiciary and Public Petition when called by this reporter for details simply said, “Jerry please wait”
By Roland Enya-Forte The former Cross River State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Mike Igini has been said to have misunderstood the position of the State in respect to Law No. 7 of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The accusation was made by Hon. Joe Etene, former Cross River Assembly member representing
By Our Correspondent Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has assured the government and people of Cross River State that the Federal Government will assist with the funding of the 275km superhighway and Bakassi Deep Seaport if elected as President of Nigeria next year. Lamido stated this during a courtesy call on Governor Ben
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At the current level of advocacy in the world, achieving gender parity is 200 years away statistics from the 2017 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report have showed. This means that with the current level of gender equality advocacy, it will take about 200 years to fully have the same percentage
By Archibong Jeremiah Contract staff of the Cross River State Water Board Limited, Thursday morning, protested and barricaded the entrance to the premises of the company’s headquarters along Marian road, Calabar over backlog of unpaid salaries. Some of the protesters’ who were preventing entrance to the water company for the second time since engagement, told