By Ben Aro, The Whistler Among the legacy projects of former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is the construction of multi-million-naira primary schools across the state, with a majority of them having ultra-modern toilet facilities. This report focuses on the squalid state of some of the toilet facilities due to the absence of water,
By Tina Agosi Todo, Guardian Newspaper After 23 years of communal conflict in Ikot Offiong, Odukpani Council of Cross River State, the newly elected Obong of Calabar, Etubom Anthony Ani, is set to provide schools for the community. With this development, over 20,000 out-of-school children of the community, scattered all over the state owing to
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has organized a mop-up exercise for staff that missed the just-concluded State Civil Service and Unified Local Government Service Audit/Verification. This was contained in a press release signed by Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
By Jonathan Ugbal Ferdinand Afor, a teenager was on Wednesday evening shot dead by a hunter in the forests of Wula in Boki Local Government Area of central Cross River State. Afor, 17, and his friends were said to have pitched a tent with some hunters to gather wild ukazi leaf (gnetum africanum) for sale
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The recent allegations of sexual harassment levelled on the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law in the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon has ignited a nationwide conversation on how to deal with sex predators in academic settings. Speakers on an X (formerly Twitter) Space on Friday hosted by CrossRiverWatch discussing
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government has issued a final warning to kidnappers and other criminal elements. The State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu took to his Facebook page and read the riot act. It reads in parts “It is with a high sense of responsibility and concern for the security
By Godwin Otang The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Cross River State chapter has called for the immediate release of Prof. Ekanem Philip Essien, a medical professor, who was kidnapped in Calabar 5 weeks ago. The body expressed indignation over the continuous captivity of the Professor by her abductors, the body in a statement signed by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Management of the University of Calabar has suspended the Dean, Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon for alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the institution. The suspension, which takes effect from August 17, 2023, was conveyed in a letter signed by the University Registrar, Mr.