By Blessing Ekong Listen To The Report Sequel to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) extended eight weeks of strike and the recent Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) strike, the management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has asked students to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Sergeant Okoi Otu, Sergeant Vincent Ayade, and four others are currently in Police custody for allegedly stealing tiles from the Canadian University Obudu in Cross River State. According to an insider, there had been several complaints about missing materials from the institute which led authorities to set a
Listen To The Article It is common to find people drinking these days without minding the consequences. Alcohol addiction is on the rise within the population despite an increase in warnings by health authorities. There is not much this writer can say in this piece that those who enjoy indulging in excessive drinking of alcohol
By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report A yet-to-be-identified transport enforcement team of the Cross River State Government has been caught on tape manhandling a taxi driver. The incident according to a video shared by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Correspondent, George Odok on Facebook happened along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, directly opposite the Calabar
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report A former employee of the Punch Newspaper has made a public appeal asking Hon. Eta Mbora, Member Representing Calabar/Odukpani Federal Constituency to pay a debt he owed him since October of 2013. Mr. Nseobong Brown who said the debt was incurred while Mbora was still the Chairman of
By Monday Ogar and Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Article The Cross River Traditional Rulers Council have thrown their weight behind the fight against ritual killings and witchcraft branding, killing, and abandonment. The traditional rulers in a statement issued recently under the aegis of the Cross River Initiative for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Empowerment, an
By Ogar Monday Listen to The Article An unidentified officer of Nigeria’s Vehicle Inspection Agency, VIO in Cross River State has been asked to replace a vehicle’s windscreen he destroyed. The officer, CrossRiverWatch understands, was on duty at Obubra, on the ever-busy Ikom-Calabar highway when the incident happened. Elijah Ugani, a journalist who posted the
Listen To The Article From time immemorial, man has always indulged in activities for different reasons. While some have been for survival, others have been for recreation, leisure, or other reasons. One thing in common remains the fact that some have been harmful. These days, most are practiced under the guise of religion, exposure, or