By Godwin Ajom A recent report by Premium Times, citing data from Divorce.com, a U.S. based platform that provides support for navigating divorce, revealed Nigeria’s divorce rate at 2.9% in 2023. This translates to 1.8 divorces per 1,000 people with Nigeria ranking eleventh among the countries with the highest divorce rates, with many women becoming
A young couple married for barely 2 years, separated recently because the wife complained about the husband’s snoring. But it was more than that. She had been complaining about the snoring and asking her husband to do something about it. “Didn’t you know he snores when you were dating?” I asked her. “I was visiting
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Armed welding suspected Kidnappers have abducted a pregnant woman in Cross River State. The heavily pregnant woman (name undisclosed) was kidnapped yesterday in Eseku Community, Creek Town of Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. Sources told CrossRiverWatch that the target was her husband who escaped but they had no option but
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River-born soldier AB. CA Agba with Force number SS7358, has allegedly been killed by armed welding bandits. CA Agba, a younger brother of CrossRiverWatch’s Editor-In-Chief, Citizen Agba Jalingo until his demise was serving as part of the Nigerian Navy contingent in Benue State, where they were ambushed and killed in Agatu
the employed male population in Nigeria was estimated at nearly 40 million, while the number of employed females was projected to be slightly lower, at around 31.3 million, even though according to Nigeria’s demographics, the country has more women than men in the working age bracket (15-65)
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Farmers in Mpu and Okpanku communities in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State are endangered by the ravages of an abandoned dam on the Ivo River. It was a project facilitated by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and was started in 2012 but never completed. The Ivo River
By Beatrice Ori As Nigeria continues in the euphoria of her 64th Independence celebration, some citizens have lamented the increasing cost of transportation, food items and survival. Inflation and devaluation of the Naira are fingered as the root cause. Residents of Calabar, Cross River State who shares the brunt of the harsh economic reality, shared
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has held discussion with the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) leadership in the State, in preparation for the upcoming local government elections. The discussion involved reducing the cost of chairmanship and councilorship forms by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission,