By Violet Fanseh There are indications that the Cross River State Ministry of Education is persistent in the extortion of primary school pupils in the state despite claims by the State Universal Basic Education SUBEB, that basic education is free. CrossRiverWatch understands that though education is not officially free in the state, the pupils have
Being the third of a three part series of an investigation into the massive corruption in UCTH which has led to the loss of umpteen number of lives in four years. Failed Laboratory, Tales Of Robbery And Rape At UCTH By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch It is a given that the hospital is one of
By Ogar Monday The Police in Cross River State have arrested one, Mrs. Christiana James and are in search of another man identified as Nsikak for battering 3 girls and accusing them of witchcraft. Mrs. Christiana who is cooling her heels at the Diamond Hill Police Station is said to be the grandmother of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 19th National Sports Festival has been officially withdrawn from Cross River state. The decision was taken at the National Council on Sports meeting which ended on Thursday at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna. A voting process was thrown open on the floor of the meeting by the Chairman of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Cross River State coordinator of the Home Grown School Feeing Program (HGSFP), Mr. Gabriel Okulaja has denied reports that its office distributed rotten chicken to vendors to feed pupils in primary school. Some Cross Riverians on social media had on Sunday, February 11, 2018 raised alarm that rotten chicken
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2018 appropriation bill of NGN1.3trillion presented by Governor Ben Ayade. Mr. Ayade had presented the budget before the House on November 30, 2017 and tagged it a “Buget of Kinetic Crystallization” which drew mixed reactions from the masses. And, on Thursday during plenary,
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Cross River State government has issued a two week ultimatum to contractors in its universal basic education scheme to deliver on their jobs or risk investigation and possible prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a letter dated February 13, 2018 and signed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Cross River State Government has sent a contingent to the 2018 edition of the Rio Carnival in Brazil to understudy and make plans to ensure the growth of the Carnival Calabar, a sponsored release from Government House Calabar says. This forms part of the deliberate effort of the administration