by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader and Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District has expressed sadness over the death of the Deputy Political Editor of the Guardian Newspaper, Mr. John Abba Ogbodo. Mr. Ogbodo, the Assistant Political Editor of the Guardian was killed in an auto crash around Anyigba, Kogi State on February 2013. The
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government House sources have reliably informed crossriverwatch that the State Governor who arrived Calabar last night will be at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar to watch the friendly match between the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria and the Botswana Under 17 national team. The Botswana U-17 team arrived Nigeria
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke this evening at a few minutes to 10pm, arrived the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar aboard a chartered Aero flight. In what was a closely guarded movement that took even most of the airport senior officials unaware, the governor was said to have walked straight to a waiting vehicle
by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch can authoritatively report that Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State Governor, who has been away to America for medical treatment for an disclosed ailment has just returned to the country. Former Minister of Information, John Odey, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES some minutes ago that Mr. Imoke who has been away
by crossriverwatch admin Crossriverwatch has obtained documents that reveal that members of the Obudu Legislative Council requested for N1.6m from the Chairman in exchange for approval for his request for N6m overdraft from First Bank to procure an Award of Excellence billed to be presented to him at the prestigious Transcorp hotel in Abuja on
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Acting Governor, Mr. Efiok Cobham on February 12, 2013 promised that his boss, Liyel Imoke, is not in a life threatening condition and will be back to the State by the end of that week or latest in the following week. This assurance came at a time the Conference
by crossriverwatch admin Ahead of the 2014 National Sports Festival scheduled to be hosted by the Cross River State Government, the state’s Acting Governor Mr. Efiok Cobham, has inaugurated a reconstituted 24- man Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Calabar to champion the planning of the event. Speaking shortly after inaugurating the committee in Calabar yesterday,
by crossriverwatch admin In line with the Ministry of Aviation Cargo Perishable Initiative, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN has said that the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, in Cross River State has been designated as one of the nation’s Agro-Perishable cargo airport. The Director Cargo Development, FAAN Mr. Roland Ofule, disclosed this in