By Kelvin Ololo The Managing Director of Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL), Chief Godwin Nyiam has assured Cross Riverians that plans have been put in place to bring to an end the woe of water scarcity in the State. He stated this in a final Public Private Partnership (PPP) engagement meeting with engineers
By Favour Adinya The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says the prime suspect of a commercial driver killed in Obudu urban Local Government Area of the state has been arrested and others trailed. A commercial driver, Agage Ternenge, is seen in a viral video gruesomely murdered by some mobs. The incident
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Following the agitation for state creations from Cross River and other states, which has become top agenda at the House of Representatives Public Hearing on Constitutional Review in Calabar, Governor Bassey Otu has advocated for the creation of Ogoja State. While the Ogoja State like others state creation has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Police retirees in Cross River State, on Monday July 21, 2025 staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands. The retired police officers converged at millennium park, Calabar at 10am to protest for radical police reforms. Watch video below: Areas they demand for reform include Police Pension Scheme, proper welfare package,
This has been long in coming and in fact, long overdue- bring the 20-years of feeding bottle approach to an end and adopt a more sustainable, self-reliant strategic divestment policy to the management of the biggest street event on the continent. But in a moment that shall shimmer through the annals of Cross River’s cultural
By Kelvin Ololo As agitation for new states creations heighten public discuss and begins to set a historical pathway that will in turn influenced the narrative of geopolitical zones in Nigeria, Cross River, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States, have made their standpoint and showcase their various regional interest before the Committee on the review of
The communal war between Obudu people in Cross River State and their Tiv neighbors in Benue State is said to be over 75 years old. Yet these two are very closely interwoven in numerous aspects of their daily lives. In recent times, they farm together, they intermarry, they buy and sell in the same markets,
By Kelvin Ololo The sporadic gun shoots as reported earlier has escalated to a bloody exchange of fire between Abonkib community in Obudu urban, Cross River State and Mbezerem in Vandeikya Community of Benue State. A reliable source told CrossRiverWatch that “the fire exchange began immediately after the military personnel left the scene of the