by crossriverwatch admin Okpoma youths in Yala Local Government Area in the northern part of Cross River State in large numbers on Wednesday invaded the neighboring Igbekorikor community to prosecute a communal conflict. The youths according to eye witness reports from the area besieged the Igbekorikor community following renewed misunderstanding over a longstanding dispute over
by crossriverwatch admin Barely 24 hours after the signing of the Sister-State agreement with the State of Maryland, Cross River may already have began to benefit from the relationship. Yesterday, the state’s delegation made of commissioners of key ministries like Education, Health, Agriculture and ICT were given a tour of the John Hopkins Hospital,
by crossriverwatch admin A Forty one year old Tanker driver identified as Bashiru has been arrested in Calabar for allegedly defiling a two year old girl and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease. The incident happened on Thursday last week in Okom Ita, Akamkpa in the outskirts of Calabar when the two year old
by crossriverwatch admin The most reasonable thing to do in Cross River State is ultimately for the baton of leadership to shift from Central to Northern Senatorial District if the desired and most yearned balance must be achieved except otherwise we the people of Cross River State are not focused and also do not believe
by crossriverwatch admin Crowds on Thursday morning gathered to behold the scene of a deadly auto crash by an Audi car along Marian road which left the driver and occupants with severe injuries. The Audi car with registration number AR 60 BJE was said to be taking commuters without having been formally registered with the
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has spent 500 million Naira to acquire and renovate the DESAM House in Calabar in readiness for the commissioning of the Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Development center for the South South zone located in the city. Speaking in an interview with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar today, Mr.
by crossriverwatch admin by crossriverwatch admin Dr. Mathias Oko Offorboche was a former Deputy Governor in the erstwhile Cross River State between 1979 and 1983 under Dr. Clement Isong. He recently convened a meeting of political stakeholders in the Northern Senatorial District of the state and he spoke to CrossRiverWatch in the light of the
by crossriverwatch admin The State of Maryland in the United States of America and Cross River State, yesterday in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, signed a Sister-State agreement. While Governor Liyel Imoke signed on behalf of Cross River, Governor Martin O’Malley signed on behalf of the State of Maryland. This was just as Governor Imoke