By Sylvia Akpan Cross River-born Jasmine Oku is set to compete as an athlete together with her team to represent Nigeria in curling at the Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea, Asia. The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, officially known as the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024, is a
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to absorb casual staff working with the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) Ikom and Calabar stations. The Member representing Ikom 1 State Constituency, Hon. Samuel Neji Abang in a plenary held at the Assembly Complex
By Able Winnard The Government of Cross River State has announced Saturday, January 27, 2024, as a statewide general environmental sanitation day. In a public service announcement signed by the State Commissioner for Environment Honorable Moses Osogi, said the exercise is statewide and compulsory for every resident in the State. He appealed to business owners
By Media Rights Agenda A Federal High Court in Abuja today declared null and void the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorizing the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcast stations for alleged breaches of the Code as it ruled that administrative and regulatory bodies could not exercise judicial powers. Delivering judgment
By Magnus Effiong, Pillar News The Chairman of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area, HRM (Dr.) Etim Okon Edet has urged President Bola Tinubu to reset Nigeria, saying doing so would help the country achieve the goals and hope of its founding fathers. In a chat
By Able Winnard The Cross River State Government has constituted a task force to scrutinize health insurance utilization across public health facilities in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk while constituting the task force in Calabar, stated that the misappropriation of capitation from both federal and state health insurance gateways had
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command will on Wednesday, 24 to Friday 26 January 2024 commence a two-day range shooting practice in Akpabuyo Local Government Area. In a press release issued on Monday, 22 January by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer – SP Irene Ugbo, for the Commissioner of
By Jonathan Ugbal As the end of campaigns by candidates for the February 3rd, 2024, re-run elections in Cross River State, nears, CrossRiverWatch brings you some numbers and what you should know about the polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had on December 22, 2023, announced February 3, 2024, as the date for 44