By Adebayo Abdulrahman, Development News NIgeria The road that leads to Oba-Adebimpe palace in Odinjo community in Ibadan, Oyo State gives an impression that all is well. But on sighting the palace, the excitement fades away almost immediately leaving one with more questions than answers. “They renovated it recently,” Kolapo Jimoh, a carpenter who works
Yes this is Nigeria! Where the AK47 Economy is booming and enjoying criminal patronage from the high and mighty. This is Nigeria, where individuals who have enough storage of arms can slice any section of Nigeria where they have numerical strength and colonize it with violence and sabotage, without letting or hindering. Yet, government will
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a bid to tighten police and the public relationship in Cross River State, the Police Command has released telephone directory of Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), their names, and Divisions to the public. The Command also made available contacts of tactical commanders, area commands as well as the State Control Rooms. The
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of ways to mark the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence, the wife of Cross River State Governor, Rev. Eyoanwan Otu has marked the day with other Non Governmental Organizations ( NGOs) to end Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the State. The theme for the year’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The member of the House of Representatives representing Obanliku/Bekwarra/Obudu Federal Constituency, Honorable Peter Akpanke, on Thursday in Abuja decried attacks by Cameroon’s Ambazonian separatists on Belegete Community of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, saying it has left him in bitterness, sadness, and disappointment. Honorable Akpanke, who expressed his pain
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent In a bid to keep to the people’s first mantra and the ‘Health is Wealth’ saying, Governor Otu and his wife, Rev. Eyoanwan Edet Otu in collaboration with Faith Care Foundation and Henss Foundation have flagged off free medical outreach in Ikom Local Government Area. The weeklong activities had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Armed Ambazonian rebels have been fingered as the culprits behind the abduction of a Nigerian community leader who went missing on Thursday. Chief Ogweshi Francis, the Clan Head of Belegete clan in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, was abducted on Thursday, his constituents say. Belegete is located about 400
By Godwin Otang The recent position of the Government of Cross River State led by Senator Bassey Otu, on the crisis rocking the Obongship of Calabar, has left the Etuboms more divided as the aggrieved faction disagrees with the government’s position on the tenability of the waiver argument. The State Government on November 7, 2023,