By Jonathan Ugbal A new radio station, FAD FM will soon begin test transmission in Cross River capital city of Calabar, findings by CrossRiverWatch have revealed. FAD FM, a brainchild of Cross River Born film maker and founder, Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker is set to begin test transmission by the last week
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has obtained pictures of the trail of destruction following the communal war between Estong and Befre in Busi village of Obanliku local government area of Cross River State. As earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch, the State Emergency Management Agency and the zonal office of the National Emergency Management Agency have visited
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State has been deemed fit to visit for citizens of the United States, a statement from the country’s State Department says. The statement issued Wednesday last week and published on the Department of State’s travel website at https://www.travel.state.gov advised United States citizens in Nigeria and those intending to visit
In the business world we call it credible network connections, in real world we call it man know man. One of Liyel Imoke’s most remarkable achievements was the setting up of a sister state relationship with State of Maryland USA. The sister state agreement was meant to provide a forum for economic development, tourism, and
By Ogar Monday: House of Assembly Correspondent The power tussle between the Cross River State Commissioner for Sports, Asu Okang and the Chairman Cross River State Sports Commission Orok Duke over who superintends over sports in Cross River state took a legislative dimension Monday, at the House of Assembly when the duo were invited to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An electrician and native of Usumutong in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Ernest Ebina has revealed to CrossRiverWatch his near death experience with Commodore Yusuf Jonga Hinna of the Nigerian Navy who allegedly arranged for him to be thoroughly beaten for weeks, thrown off a three storey building which
By Jonathan Ugbal Hopes for a female medal in the table tennis singles event at the ongoing Olympics in Rio, Brazil have been dashed as Cross River born Offiong Edem crashed out, losing 1-4 to Belarus’s Viktoria Pavlovich. Offiong who won her first game beating Fiji’s Yee Sally 4-0 began on a good note, winning the first set 11-5
By CrossRiverWatch admin Nigeria’s Offiong Edem yesterday qualified for the next round of the Table Tennis event after she beat Yee Sally from Fiji 4-0 in the women’s singles preliminary round at the on-going Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. The 2011 African Games women singles champion, defeated Sally in four straight sets 11-3, 11-8,