by crossriverwatch admin President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee to look at the option of appealing the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi peninsula. The decision was reached at a meeting between the President, the leadership of the National Assembly and other stakeholders at the State House in
by crossriverwatch admin Suddenly, the weather changed. The mist rose like a white balloon and enveloped him and his team. It was euphoric! The temperature dropped. Everything seemed to stand still. They often do. At the hilltops of Obudu, the weather swings like the mood of a pregnant woman; one moment it is warm, the
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately file an application for the revision of the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ceding of oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon. The call was contained in a four-point resolution reached
By crossriverwatch admin Business activities at the Calabar port in Cross River State were on Tuesday paralyzed as staff of the port protested over their eviction from the NPA staff quarters known as Harbour village, Ekorinim and locked all the entrances to the ports over the alleged insensitivity of the management of NPA and the
We are on top of the situation – Police by crossriverwatch admin There has been palpable apprehension amongst Calabar residents since Sunday night after a notorious Calabar cultist simply known as “Aye-Aye” was allegedly killed by members of a rival cult group. Crossriverwatch gathered that Aye-Aye who until his death was a member of a
Published on October 1, 2012 by PM News Persistent battering of Cross River State by climate change disasters have left over 79,000 persons displaced in the last nine months of the year. This figure was given by Mr Vincent Oqua, the Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in Calabar, while delivering a
Text of speech delivered by the Governor of Cross River State on the occasion of Nigeria’s 52nd Independence Anniversary. On this day every year, we are compelled by pride in our nation and a true sense of citizenship to celebrate the 1st of October as arguably the most important day in our national history. We
by crossriverwatch admin The Hope Democractic Party, HDP in Cross River State has called on the federal government to give another thought to the implementation of the recommendations of the Justice Uwais Panel on Electoral Reform. The party in a statement to mark the 52nd Independence Anniversary, signed by the former governorship candidate of the