by crossriverwatch admin. Any opportunity for an interview with the activist turned Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini Esq. is always a delight. He is always ready with a deluge of facts to passionately buttress his points and he never leaves you with any dull moment. crossriverwatch asked him today
story by crossriverwatch admin Legal Defence and Assistance Project on Tuesday asked the Ecowas Court of Justice, Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay to each of Bakassi Peninsula indigenes N5m as “resettlement compensation or inconvenience allowance”. This came as literary icon, Dr. Elechi Amadi, said President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to challenge the judgment
It is a lie – PDP story crossriverwatch admin Four persons have been confirmed to have been shot dead in Calabar the Cross River State capital over the weekend following controversy that trailed the inauguration of the ward executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State. The PDP at the weekend inaugurated ward
story by crossriverwatch admin Obudu youths under the aegis of the Obudu Youths Vanguard Against Corruption (OYVAC), have petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the financial records of the Obudu Local Government Council alleging that the Chairman Hon. Emmanuel Ikwen has misappropriated in excess of N113m on phony
story by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria’s leading human rights activists and social commentators have condemned the directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria to commercial banks in the country to stop advancing credit to Cross River State because of the failed $350 million Tinapa Business Resort. The apex bank in a circular, which was signed by
story by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria U17 team, the Golden Eaglets, today trounced visitors Niger 6-0 in a 2013 African Junior Championship return leg at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The Eaglets had earlier beaten their Nigerien counterparts in the first leg encounter played in Nyame on September 7, 2012. A crossriverwatch reporter who was
story by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State First Lady, Bar. Mrs. Obioma Imoke has refuted reports that she is suffering pain in her bone marrow. Crossriverwatch had earlier quoted a report by The National Enquirer which claimed that Mrs. Imoke “is dying of an infection caused by tapeworm ingested in her system by some
story by crossriverwatch admin According to what National Enquirer Magazine reported, there’s this popular saying that, poverty doesn’t ever kill but riches do. That’s exactly the situation with one of the wives of a Nigerian governor who`s presently biting her fingers for looking for comforter when she’s comfortably off. It is a story of the