Experts posit that the solid minerals sector has the greatest potentials for investors as Nigeria seeks to diversify from the mono-sector to a multi-sector economy. The sector presents bigger opportunities and greater return on investment as it is still largely unexplored and unexploited. Cross River State is blessed with various solid minerals in abundant quantities
Okuni, a village barely 13 km to Ikom shares boundary with some villages in Akampka Local government. This sounds like a surprise? Yes. Why then do one need to go through Apiapum Ugep, Adim Akpet to get to Akampka? It is within this context you can now understand Ben Ayade’s Super Highway that would shorten
By Our Correspondent The Special Assistant to the Cross River State Governor on Petroleum and Local Content Implementation, Mr. Anthony Imoh has frowned at companies within the State that don’t complement the government’s efforts in providing jobs for indigenes of the State. He made this known in a meeting held recently with the management team
By CrossRiverWatch admin Hilltop FC of Obudu have won the 2015 Cross River Football League after defeating Ekabokon Stars of Ikom 5-0 in their last match at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar. The club, which also defeated Akamkpa United 2-1 to top the league with six points from two matches, is closely followed by Akamkpa
By CrossRiverWatch admin Three people have been confirmed dead by local divers after a taxi with four persons traveling from Obubra in Cross River State to Calabar, the state capital, plunged into a river along the Calabar-Ikom highway. The incident reportedly happened on September 8th. Reports claim the taxi driver tried to avoid a head-on
By Our Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why the state has been unable to host the National Sports Festival which was originally billed to be hosted in the state capital in November 2014. The governor explained recently that the huge salary arrears that his administration inherited from the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Blessing Gabriel, a 25 year old indigene of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State was among five suspected members of a human trafficking ring, paraded last week by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for running a prostitution syndicate. The suspects who have confessed to
By Ikwen Atuaka The acting Bursar of the Federal College of Education Obudu, Mr. Godwin Ayendi, has died following complications from a motor accident barely two months after resuming duties in the office. Ayendi took over from Mr. Francis Okorie who died barely two months ago from an unnamed illness. CrossRiverWatch gathered that while returning