By Patrick Obia and Etido Okon A family of seven has called on the government and well-meaning individuals to come to their aid after fire razed down their apartment in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Mr. Etim Effiong made the appeal while narrating the unexplainable outbreak. The advanced-in-age watchman in a construction vicinity at Atimbo
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Missing six years old girl, Esther Richard Okon has been found on the street of Calabar metropolis. She was found around Essien Town Junction yesterday, January 16, 2023, by 10 pm. She was rescued by a good Samaritan who reported the case to Hit 95.9FM, Calabar, and Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI).
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade has expressed optimism that with the completion of the Obudu-German hospital, the State is on the verge of becoming Nigeria’s medical tourism hub. Situated in Obudu Local Government Area of the State, a few kilometers from the iconic Obudu Cattle Ranch Mountain Resort, the world-class
By Ogar Monday The palace of the Obong of Calabar has debunked the news making rounds that His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, was dethroned by the Supreme court. The place made this known in a press statement made available to CrossRiverWatch and signed by HRH Etubom Bassey Duke, Chairman of Etuboms’ Traditional
Frankly, the broadside from Governor Liyel Imoke at Governor Ayade was a distraction that Cross Riverians do not need. It did not advance the case for “Atiku for President” a single centimeter, it did not help the case of the PDP candidate, Senator Sandy Onor, and it did very little if anything for Governor Imoke’s
By Patrick Obia The 2022 Electoral Act in its section 84(12) warns that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” The political appointees this section spells out
By Ogar Monday Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) have listed 51 federal agencies, including the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, the Supreme Court, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) as “high corruption risk.” In a statement on its official Twitter account, the agency said that the “52
As Nigerians look forward to violence-free elections, some voters in Oyo State are rather scared of the potential threats of violence by Mukaila Lamid, Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of Oyo State Park Management System. Adeyemi Okediran of Development News Nigeria in this four-week investigation, shows how Lamidi has been accused of violating human rights