By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 31st convocation ceremony of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been slated for March 10, 2018 sources in the Varsity’s management say. This will be the third convocation ceremony organized by the current Vice Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu with no fewer than 2,500 people to be awarded different degrees. Details surrounding
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan A total of 85 applications were made by contestants in the maiden editions of the Linda Ayade literary art and Afi Ekong visual arts competition a statement from the Cross River State Government says. “Entries for the Linda Ayade literary art competition closed 12 midnight on the 28th day of
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Follow @Elijah_ugani Players in the Cross River State health sector have solicited the partnership of the media in disseminating information concerning immunization campaigns in a bid to promote a healthy attitudinal change among the citizenry. This was the focus of an interactive session organized by the state primary healthcare development
By Grace Orok Follow @grace_orok Female entrepreneurs in Cross River may soon become multimillionaires if the position of the national vice president of the African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Reverend Ruth Praise that it will create an international market for them is anything to go by. “Incentives will be provided for products from Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Enugu of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Abubakar has visited Danare community in Boki local government area of central Cross River to ascertain the level of destruction meted on the Boki people during their recent invasion by Cameroonian gendarmes. Nigeria shares a long
By Monday Ogar Follow @ogar_monday Over 16,000 Cameroonians of the Anglophone extraction are currently spread across Cross River State with more expected as the crackdown continues in the Northwest and Southwest regions of that country says Ms. Brigitte Mukanga-Eno, the deputy representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency in Nigeria. The UNHCR expects the number
By Ogar Monday/Lucky Edet Some political leaders from Bakassi Local Government Area have praised the Supreme Court, calling it the “hope of the common man” following it’s judgment compelling INEC to delineate Bakassi Local Government and recognize Law no.7 of Cross River State. The leaders who spoke to CrossRiverWatch separately called on the Federal Government
By Obeten Godfrey Follow@obeten_godfrey The Police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Wednesday saved an unnamed man in his mid-thirties from been set ablaze by a mob for alleged phone theft at Akim Qua town. Residents of Ekpenyong Effiom street woke up at about 6:05 AM on Wednesday to learn that an apartment