By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Second edition of ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’ Town Hall Meeting has been slated for May 13, 2017, a statement from organizers of the program says. The special guest for the second edition is the Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba the statement signed by
By Jonathan Ugbal Players of the Manchester United football club of England in its Match day 35 English Premier League game of the 2016/2017 season with Swansea City football club wore black armbands in honor of the victims of the Calabar viewing centre tragedy. This comes on the heels of Nigeria and Arsenal football legend,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the success recorded at the first town hall meeting of ‘The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo’, the team is pleased to announce that second edition will hold on Saturday, May 13, 2017. In keeping with tradition; the second edition of the town hall meeting will feature discussions pertaining critical sectors in the
A rejoinder to ‘As the storm begins to Gather 1’ By Venatius Ikem When I read the title of the article written by Barrister Ikem on the 7th of April, 2017, it was the quote by Roy T. Bennett that immediately came to my mind. It goes thus “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has described as tragic the loss of lives at a viewing center in Calabar, the state capital. Ayade who is currently in Geneva, Switzerland for a world summit on Neglected Tropical Diseases said it was horrifying and heart wrenching that lives of young
By Jonathan Ugbal The Board Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba recently had the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis I re-solemnize his marriage. The leader of the Senate in the Seventh Assembly took his wife, Amaka Ndoma-Egba and his family to the Vatican for the Easter season
By Ushang Ewa At least seven (7) football fans have died due to electrocution following a transformer explosion Thursday night at Inyangasang area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. CrossRiverWatch gathered that a high tension cable dropped on a match viewing centre after the explosion causing about 30 fans watching a football match to
By Ushang Ewa Guests who were lodging in the Tinapa Lakeside hotel deserted the hospitality outfit in droves on Sunday and Monday (Easter) following several days of non supply of electricity findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. CrossRiverWatch gathered that guests who choosed the hospitality outfit to spend the Easter holidays were left disappointed as they had