By Terkula Igidi, Daily Trust Six Nigerian States have signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank for a 150 million Euros facility to assist them open up rural roads and build markets for farm produce. The six states which included Benue, Borno, Taraba, Cross River, Edo, and Anambra would get the facility under the
By Able Winnard At least two persons – all drivers – survived vehicle head-on collisions today in the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar campus. All Toyota Corolla products were driven from the Old Education Block and Post Graduate Department respectively when the head-on occurred by the school basketball court. An eyewitness told CrossRiverWatch
By Godwin Otang Not less than 18 secondary school teachers and 52 students in Cross River State have been trained by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) in partnership with the Cross River State Ministry of Education and the UNHCR in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State. Held at the premises of St. Catherine
By Sylvia Akpan 96 lecturers in Cross River State College of Health have lamented over six months of unpaid salaries. The 96 science lecturers in an open letter signed and made available by Patrick Williams on behalf of the affected lecturers and addressed to Governor Bassey Otu, the teachers hired into the Colleges of Nursing
By Patrick Obia The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned in its entirety the social media attacks dished out to Nigeria’s Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi after the Sunday 2:1 Africa Cup of Nations defeat to host nation – Ivory Coast. Iwobi was made the scapegoat as the Eagles relinquished their one-nil lead in the
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State of Nigeria, Senator Bassey Otu has expressed condolences over the tragic death of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son and others in a helicopter accident in the United States of America. The helicopter carrying the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has closed the Yellow Duke road at the major accident-prone culvert intersection leading to Musaha, Ekpo Abasi axis in Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. The Honourable Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Pius Ankpo during a briefing with newsmen in Calabar, noted that it
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu says his administration is committed to reviving golf as “one of those prestigious sports that would attract both national and international visitors and investors” to the State. He committed on Friday 9th February, 2024 while welcoming a delegation from the