By Sylvia Akpan Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, has received knocks from Policy Alert, a civil society organization, for prioritizing the office of his Chief of Staff, Emmanuel Ironbar over the entire social sectors in the State’s budget implementation during the third quarter of 2023. This was contained in a statement signed by
By Tina Agosi Todo, Guardian Newspaper An armed robbery gang, yesterday, raided houses and carted away pots of soup at the Mbukpa, Ambo, and Adak Uko areas of Calabar South Local Council of Cross River State. Though burglary was a regular occurrence in these areas, the carting away of pots of soup and food items
By Ogar Monday, Prime Progress This is how a mother of four learned that pigs can drown. In October last year, Rima Adoga woke up one night to a disturbing noise outside her house. “My husband was not around. It was just me and my children,” she said in her native Yala language. When she
In this report, Elijah Akoji of SOLACEBASE uncovered through Fact-Checking how Kano State deputy governor’s claim to have sponsored 52 patients for free eye surgery at Makkah Eye Clinic in Kano State, to be false, and misleading. Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Investigation has shown that the Deputy Governor of Kano State Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo gave misleading
By Sylvia Akpan And Precious Ebika The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the recent Supreme Court judgment that affirms him as the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He gave the felicitation in a video made available to CrossRiverWatch where the Governor
By Godwin Otang Cross River-born Police Officer, inspector Effa Enya, who hails from Igbo Imabana in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, is dead after battling with illness. Effa joined the police force in November 2008. He once worked at the Cross River State Command as a hard and software analyst before moving
By Godwin Otang The Joseph Odey Foundation, the Ministry of Youth Development, and the Ministry of Information in Cross River State have jointly described, as very estimable, the excellent academic strides of 15-year-old Grace Unimwoshi. Speaking at an award-giving ceremony at the Emeraldfield School in Calabar, Mr. Joseph Odey, founder of the Joseph Odey Foundation,
By Godwin Otang The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has charged the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Cyril Ndifon to Court on a 4-count charge. In the charge sheet number: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2023, the ICPC’s charge against the Professor of Law is bordering on sexual harassment,