by crossriverwatch admin Senator Bassey Otu, representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has declared that the State has an enviable history of occupying top positions in the affairs of Nigeria and therefore its present predicament occasioned by the removal of oil money from its share of national allocation has been turned into
by crossriverwatch admin Edward Ushie, the so called Leader of the Klux Klu Klan in Obudu Local Government in Northern Cross River State which in the past three weeks have been engaged in a supremacy conflict with the Vikings Confraternity was during the week arrested by police. Edward who was arrested along with his second
by crossriverwatch admin The Police in Calabar yesterday detained Corporal Irene Ani who was on June 16th brutalized by the Chief Whip of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Uduak Akiba, for “talking to the Press”. Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly who represents Calabar Municipality
by crossriverwatch admin With a heavy heart and gratitude to God Almighty, the Imoke Edoki family of Ano Edogi-we Agbara, Igbo-Ekureku in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State announces the passing away of their family head, father, uncle, brother and grandfather, Retired Warrant Officer 2, WO-2 Samuel Imoke Edoki Rtd. who passed unto
by crossriverwatch admin Ebony Life TV, the brainchild of dynamic African talk show star, Mo Abudu, debuts on DStv on 1 July and promises to deliver a fresh new energy and perspective to audiences across East, West and Central Africa. The TV will be transmitting from the Tinapa Studio in Calabar, the Cross River State
by crossriverwatch admin Gabriel Samson Ikat, a taxi driver in Calabar has in the past two months been incarcerated by the State Security Service, SSS, for allegedly driving an off color taxi. Mrs. Maria Samson Ikat, wife of the taxi driver told CrossRiverWatch that her husband was arrested by men of Operation MESA, the Cross
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium for the construction of an ultra-modern Calabar Specialist Hospital, under public-private partnership. Governor Liyel Imoke and the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Attah Ochinke, signed on behalf of the state, while Mr. John Adesioye of Utopian
by crossriverwatch admin A few years ago, Cross River State was often derisively described as a Civil Service state,this is due largely to the preponderance of majority of the population of the state being civil servants who depend on salaries and stipends from the state treasury. Today, however, through strict adherence to fiscal discipline, rigorous