By Jonathan Ugbal Following the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, protests have held in several cities and states across Nigeria with suggestions from some quarters that Cross River State was “willing” to support the secession bid. In fact, the map of Biafra that is being bandied around
Please tell the governor of Cross River that building a superhighway is great. Only an insane person will fight progress. The question is whether the superhighway is a means to an end or an end in itself. The governor has yet to answer this fundamental question. My thinking is that when a government is heavily
By Ubong Inyang Elected Local Government Councillors in Cross River State, under the aegis of Association of Local Government Legislators on Thursday stormed the state Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, Calabar protesting the non-payment of sundry allowances due to them for about nine months. The allowances are said to be statutory allowances like furniture
By Ikwen Atuaka/Linus Ogar The fight to checkmate the use of commercial motorcycles to commit crimes in Obudu took a different twist earlier this week as all members of the union will now have to wear special identification tags. This was made known by the new Community Relations Officer representing the constituency, Hon. Emmanuel Akwagiobe.
By Ikwen Atuaka A show of indifference greeted the arrival of electricity Thursday, in Obudu local government area as the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) supplied power for the first time in over two months CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. It is still unclear at exactly what time in the morning that supply began with
By Ushang Ewa There are whispers of a pending faceoff between the management of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) and its staff resident in the institution’s staff quarters in the Calabar campus of the varsity following its decision to retrieve boys’ quarters from them and allocate to junior staff. The management in two
By Ushang Ewa Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that students of government secondary school(s) Akim Qua town and Barracks road have been clashing continuously for over a week now following alleged beating of their colleagues in separate incidences by the rival institution. CrossRiverWatch gathered that it began with students of GSS Barracks road beating a student
By Archibong Jeremiah The Efut Combined Assembly, ECA has expressed dissatisfaction with the manner, intrigues and pace at which the State Government under Senator Liyel Imoke’s administration, handled the kingship tussle between the dislodged Muri Munene and Prof. Hogan Ita. This position was revealed exclusively to CrossRiverWatch by the Secretary General of ECA, His Royal