by crossriverwatch admin Minister for Lands and Urban Development, Mrs. Akon Eyakanyi says limited access to unencumbered land and finance for people to build houses are the cause of seventeen percent housing deficit in the country. Mrs Eyakanyi who made the remarks yesterday in Calabar the Cross River State capital at the groundbreaking ceremony of
by crossriverwatch admin Palpable excitement mixed with prayers pervades the atmosphere in Ogoja the northern Senatorial District of Cross River State following the listing of Ogoja State among the eighteen approved for creation by the National Conference. A cross section of people in the six local government areas that form the Senatorial District who spoke
by crossriverwatch admin The 5th Convention of Yakurr nation for sons and daughters of the largest indigenous community in Africa living in North America begins from July 11-13, 2014 in Lanham, Maryland, USA. In a statement from the Convention Secretariat, made available to CrossRiverWatch, the event themed: “Engaging the Diaspora in Yakurr Development”, will seek
by crossriverwatch admin Danare community leaders in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have identified the abundant forest reserves in their land as the major attraction why Cameroon is insisting on the re-demarcation of the border so they could appropriate the forest reserve. According to the Community leaders , the border and farmland
by crossriverwatch admin The Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons [NAPTIP], Beatrice Jedy-Agba, has been named the 2014 trafficking in persons hero. The award was conferred on her recently by the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State department. According
by crossriverwatch admin It was a pathetic sight at the 13th Brigade Premises of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday as thousands of youths converged to write the examination for recruitment into the Nigeria Army. Applicants crowded the field in the premises and spilled over to the pavements of adjoining Barracks
by crossriverwatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch has is that one Mr. Udo, a resident of Becroft Street in Calabar South Local Government in Cross River, is now at large after allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death yesterday. A source who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that Udo stabbed his brother, Ekpenyong at a barbing
by crossriverwatch admin About four students of the Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa COE, are currently standing trial in Court for academic fraud even as the institution’s authority said that one of its lecturers had also been sent away for similar offence. Provost of the College, Dr. James Bassey Ejue, disclosed this yesterday