By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Cross River Traditional Ruler’s Council, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet has said the monarchs will change the face of politics in the State. Etinyin Etim, who is also the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area said that the monarchs were changing the
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigerian journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo will on November 25th take plea for the fourth time in his criminal trial over an article he wrote in 2019 demanding for the whereabouts of the NGN500 million approved and released by the Cross River State Government for the floating of the State’s Microfinance
You hate to hear from us, but you knock our doors everyday to tell us about your superiority. How if we don’t abandon who we are and believe what you believe, we are condemned. You say it to my face, you say it in my car, you say in my TV, you say it in
By Idris Kamal Ibrahim, WikkiTimes The Governing Council of Bill and Melinda Gates College of Health Technology, Ningi has dissolved the Academic Board of the college after it found one Amina Sule Abdulkaidir, a daughter of the Council’s Chairman, Alhaji Sule Abdulkadir Doguwa, and 10 other students guilty of exams malpractice, WikkiTimes’s independent Investigation revealed. Amina
Weekend File is a news review program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. In this week’s episode, Mr. Frankie Ifop, Publisher of The Paradise News was our guest. Thank you for
By Jonathan Ugbal Aides of Governor Ben Ayade stole the show at Saturday’s congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the U. J Esuene Stadium in Calabar. His aide on Due Process, Alphonsus Ogar whom he pitched against Venatius Ikem during his days at the People’s Democratic Party emerged as Chairman. Asides Eba, his
By Jonathan Ugbal There has been an explosion at the Eburutu barracks of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. It is unclear what actually exploded but it is said to have shaken buildings nearby with the window panes and ceilings of houses in the golf view estate shattered. The explosions began
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The seventh edition of the education summit and scholarship awards of the Bridge Leadership Foundation, (TBLF) will focus on new innovations and initiatives in Nigeria’s Learning ecosystem as well as the impact of peer pressure on learning. A statement issued by the not for profit organisation said the event slated for Friday,