By SaharaReporters The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja on Sunday night. The union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, but a
By Sylvia Akpan The Calabar Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church will for the next three months, starting today, train the public on eight different skills for free, says its education board. The skills to be acquired according to the Executive Secretary of the Catholic schools board, Rev. Fr. Dominic Umo include; auto mechanics, electrical
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Senator representing Cross River North district in the ninth National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom has declared his intention to seek reelection in 2023. Senator Agom was administered the oath of office for his current position in September 2021 after nearly a year of legal tussle. And, on Monday, the lawmaker who said
By Cornelius Umoh The Abo Bonabe community of Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State says it needs of NGN6 million to complete a self-help access bridge project. The project requires over NGN8 million and about NGN2 million has been raised following concerted efforts led by the Councillor representing Abo ward, Pius Osang, the
By Jonathan Ugbal Six years after the March 11, 2016, explosion that rocked the Calabar branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the country’s apex bank is yet to investigate the incident and make effort to pay claims by families of the victims of that unfortunate incident. Findings by CrossRiverWatch shows that the leadership of
By Helen Ubong A Cross Riverian, Reje Agbor Ojong has publicly denounced membership of a gang group in Ikom Local Government Area of the State. Reje Ojong, a native of Adijinkpor in Ikom in a letter addressed to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ikom division said he is no longer interested in
There are Christians in many urban centers both in Nigeria and abroad who have never been back home to their villages for decades. Not themselves nor their family members. The fear of their village is so morbid that even in the urban centers or countries where they have taken residence, they do not attend or
By Archibong Jeremiah Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria and Cross River State in particular, stakeholders from the Southern Senatorial District have appealed to other districts (North and Central) to support the ‘Back-To-South’ agenda. Yesterday at a press briefing held in the Diamond hall of the Transcorp Hotels in Calabar, the State capital