By CrossRiverWatch admin Hon. Legor Idagbo representing Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwara Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS for acceding to the request to recall 2000 dismissed Immigration service recruits after being laid off almost a year ago. Honorable Idagbo while expressing delight about the decision of
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River born Edidiong Ofonime Odiong, yesterday topped her group in a time of 22.74 seconds and a new personal best, to win heat 9 in the women’s 200 metres for her adopted Country, Bahrain, at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow at 4.16am Bahrain
By CrossRiverWatch admin The protest that greeted University of Calabar yesterday has claimed its first casualty with the suspension of the President of the institution’s Students Union Government President, Daniel Joseph. Placards bearing students, staff and some members of the public yesterday clashed at the campus gate with some demanding the sack of the Bursar
By Our Correspondent The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says Cross River State will be the first and only state in the country to benefit from the Project Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment (C.U.R.E). The Senior Program Manager and Nutrition of USAID, Joseph Monehin stated this in Calabar recently in Calabar in
By Babalola Yusuf Apparently dissatisfied with the shallow nature of the Calabar port channel despite huge amount of money expended on the dredging of the Channel, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has expressed desire to probe the dredging contract. The contract which was in the tune of
By Elijah Ugani 34 students of the College of Education Akamkpa have faced different disciplinary actions after being found guilty of indulging in examination malpractices by a committee set up by the management of the state owned institution of tertiary learning. Information obtained from the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Cosmos Godwin by CrossRiverWatch indicate
By Archibong Jeremiah Online journalists in Cross River State have been lauded by the State Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong for their activities in expanding the Cross River conversation using the web space. The Commissioner who bared her mind with this reporter Friday further disclosed that the State cannot do without activities
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An alleged teenage sex worker in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State has been hospitalized after she attempted to abort her pregnancy at home. The girl believed to be between age 14 and 15 (name withheld) from Ketabebe Ijom, Ugep, had on Saturday drank three sachets of hypo bleach mixed