By Asare Asare, Daily Post Director General of the Cross River Commodity and Quality Control Board, Mr. Ogbiji Nyiam has warned those that deliberately color palm oil to desist as it is capable of killing unsuspected consumers. He said the colorings used to make the appearance of the product more appealing are chemicals and are
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount Ruler of Yakurr, Obol Ofem Itam, has charged the Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate Engr. Effiom Okokon and his vice, Mr. Daniel Obo not to be intimidated, but to build capacity. The monarch gave the counsel to the SDP gubernatorial team on Friday when
By Patrick Obia Mrs. Joy Amadi, the mother of the Nigerian Law School student who died mysteriously, Nnenna Amadi, has demanded proper clarification and justice for her “brilliant daughter.” Nnenna Amadi was said to have passed on in the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus due to alleged negligence from the school’s medical center. It was
By News Agency of Nigeria Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday at the popular fruits Market at Marian in Calabar. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his deputy chief press secretary, Linus Obogo, on Wednesday. “I am saddened
By Eme Offiong, Voice of Nigeria Civil Society groups have been urged to enable upcoming female politicians in Cross River State to seek elective positions. This is coming as the Cross River State government is getting set to hold its local government election. The Executive Director, Centre for Gender Development, CGD, University of Calabar, and
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Two widows, Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akon, were tortured to death by youths in Ebbaken community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over witchcraft allegations on Saturday. An eye witness, a son-in-law to one of the widows, told Vanguard that both women were returning from
Cross River Basin Development Authority, CRBDA, agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2021 contracted Fuuz Nigeria Limited to rehabilitate a solar-powered borehole, and town hall at Ikot Effanga Mkpa in Calabar Municipality for N7.3 million. The contract, CrossRiverWatch Sylvia Akpan reveals, was awarded without budgetary provision which violates section 5, sub 4.2b of
By The Parchment Miss Promise Paul Ekpong, a female final year student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS has embraced the part of dignity using the current nation wide industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to distinguish herself. Miss Promise Ekpong, who is a final year student