By Archibong Jeremiah There was a brief altercation in the office of the Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Asu Okang, on his first day in office where he chastised the State Chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN Benard Okori for informing him that the NYCN Head Office in
By Clement Oto-Obong Okpo Rekordz, a Calabar based record label has launched its fourth album, a twenty eight (28) tracks album titled “Welcome 2 Bateba” over the weekend at Jasper Night Club Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch during the event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the record label, Idongesit Eddy
By Our Correspondent Following the successful installation of all the components of the first ultra-modern monorail in West Africa that spans the Calabar International Conference Center (CICC) to the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Cross River state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed his determination to extend the facility to the Margaret Ekpo International Airport,
First, it was Senator Donald Dick Etiebet, Senator in the Second Republic, 1979 to 1983,Governor of old Cross River State (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States) in July. Then Dr. Mathaias Oko Offoboche, renowned academic, outstanding Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, respected politician, Deputy Governor of the old Cross River State on the same ticket with
There is this saying “jack of all trade, master of none.” This has been the case in Cross River state. The policy “direction less-ness” of the Cross River state government. The Cross River state educational sector has consistently been fundamentally misdirected, suffering mostly from misleads of our poorly considered educational policy especially in this present
By Our Reporter Providence may just have been the only thing that prevented a huge fire disaster yesterday after a truck belonging to Oando Plc, fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol crashed into a shoe shop at No. 31 Target Street, Calabar. The incident which happened around 7pm according to
By Ushang Ewa Revenue collection agents in Obudu local government area have stepped up their collection game as the Christmas celebration draws nearer findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The agents whom CrossRiverWatch gathered report to different authorities and bodies of government now go after defaulters with renewed vigor by deploying new strategies to ensure they go
By Archibong Jeremiah Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone, Director General, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSA) has disclosed that, “Virtually 80% of the bill boards in Cross River are not built by Cross Riverians, they are assembled in Cross River but not by Cross Riverians and people come from Lagos or Port Harcourt to install all