By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly is set to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the shooting of 3 students by security agents in Calabar, the Cross River State capital during this year’s childrens’ day celebration. CrossRiverWatch had reported in May, 2017 that soldiers attached to ‘Operation Skolombo; an anti-crime
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A youth group, The National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has called for the implementation of the national youth policy as a means to end youth restiveness. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its South-South regional summit held Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital
By Ushang Ewa/Agency Reports No fewer than 138 soldiers serving in the 13 Brigade of the Nigeria Army in Calabar the Cross River State capital have benefitted from the Chief of Army Statff (COAS) accommodation intervention project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai stated this Saturday while
By Ushang Ewa The Police in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital have arrested 4 in connection with the breaking – in and stealing of over 4,500 National Identity Cards in the state office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The cards are the old identity cards issued by the defunct Department of National
By Jonathan Ugbal and Monday Ogar: House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed resolutions seeking to unravel the death of one Joy Odama, a 20-year old Yala native who died under mysterious circumstances in Abuja. The resolution followed a motion of public importance moved by Regina Anyogo (Yala
The few words of an American motivational speaker, Frank Ocean, which says “Work hard in silence; let your success be your noise”, cannot be more appropriate as shown in the performances of governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State, two years after taking over the mantle of leadership in the peoples’ paradise. Over the past
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River At 50 celebrations climaxed Saturday night with the conferment of awards on past Governors and Military administrators of the state including the Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba. The incumbent Governor, Ben Ayade also renamed popular infrastructures after three past
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government Thursday planted 50 commemorative trees to celebrate 50 years of the state creation by the then military government on May 27, 1967. Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade who led the tree planting exercise expressed his feelings about the significance of tree planting and