by crossriverwatch admin A Human Rights Activist and Legal Practitioner, Barrister Okoi Obono Obla has written to the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Honorable Larry Okori Odey demanding information concerning the recent trip of the Assembly members to the United States of America. CrossRiverWatch had reported last week that the
by Vanguard Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, representing Cross River Central senatorial district, yesterday advised the Federal Government to always keep any agreement entered into with labor unions to save the country from sufferings and hardships occasioned by incessant strikes. The Senate leader, who gave the advice while reacting to the strike embarked upon
by crossriverwatch admin The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mr. Olumide Akintayo has called on pharmacists to get involved in ensuring that rural dwellers had access to health care services. Akintayo, who spoke at the launch of Reload, a multivitamin, at the just-concluded 32nd National Conference of the Association of Community Pharmacists of
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Mr. John Okon, on Tuesday alleged that some members of the party stockpiled arms and produced fake party cards in the build up to primaries held in the state last month. The party in the state, which held its primaries for councilors and chairmen on
by crossriverwatch admin Suspected cultists that were killed and those arrested recently in the clash between the KKK and Vikings Confraternity are not students of the Federal College of Education Obudu. Reacting to the killings and subsequent arrests of the cultists whom earlier publications had claimed were students of the school, Dr. Eugene Ibili ,
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has approved the relocation of a flood prone Eja community in Obubra Local Government area to safer grounds. The Director General, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Mr. Vincent Aquah announced this during a meeting with leaders of the community in his office. Mr. Aquah
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke last Thursday won the Housing Governor of the Year 2012 Award. Imoke was announced the winner of the award at a dinner at the Abuja Sheraton Hotel to mark the 7th edition of the Abuja Housing Show. The Imoke administration had in December 2012 commissioned
by crossriverwatch admin The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River state has said it shall continue to wield the big stick by suspending any recalcitrant member, particularly those who without exhausting party mechanism in settling disagreements take the party to court. Ntufam John Okon, the state chairman of the party made the revelation today,