By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Calabar Division of the Federal High Court has sentenced to life imprisonment no fewer than 16 suspected vandals who were charged with adulterating 100 tonnes of diesel. The suspects were also ordered to forfeit to the federal government, their vessel MV ALEZZA LILAH which they used for the operation. A statement
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River today (Thursday) inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2016 Calabar Carnival village, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ayade said that the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor said the village would
By CrossRiverWatch Admin RE: OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR JOHN OWAN ENOH, SENATOR REPRESENTATING THE CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF CROSS RIVER STATE. BEHIND THE BACKDOOR WITHDRAWAL OF CHIEF (BARR) OKOI OBONO –OBLA’S CONFIRMATION AS NON-EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER ON THE NCC BOARD. We have read with utter dismay the barrage of blatant falsehood, pathological lies, unfounded rumors and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin RE- BEHIND THE BACKDOOR WITHDRAWAL OF CHIEF (BARR) OKOI OBONO OBLA CONFIRMATION AS NON-EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER IN THE NCC BOARD. My distinguished Senator Owan Enor, I Chief (Barr) Utum U. Eteng, you very well know, a native of Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area in your senatorial district do hereby make the following
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, yesterday, described the Calabar garment factory as a very fantastic facility with a huge capacity to produce the entire uniforms for the Nigerian Police. Ozi-Obeh disclosed this in Calabar when he was conducted round the factory by Governor Ben Ayade to assess the
By Grace Orok The Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that education is no longer the key to success. Hon. Gaul said this while addressing students of different schools at the Theresa Udie Annual Youth Mentorship Forum which held at the Transcorp hotel in Calabar. His words, “Education
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Orok Duke, is set to launch five books authored by him tomorrow in Abuja. The books; “Clementines, Sentinel, My Songs Dances on the plains, Ellipses” are all a collection of poems authored by the former Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of the rewards for the successful organization of the Miss Africa Pageant, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today announced Mr. Mathias Amgbah who handled the social media component of the Miss Africa Pageant which just ended in Calabar, as his Senior Special Assistant on Web and