By Our Reporter There is palpable anxiety and grumbling among many aides of the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade as many of them are yet to get August salary. The payment of salaries which has since shifted from end of the month to the end of the first week of every new month
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The speaker of the eight assembly of Cross River State and one time acting Governor, Frank Adah has withdrawn from the Chairmanship race of the People’s Democratic Party in the State. The congress to select the State executive was billed for March 28, 2020 but suffered several postponements. It is now slated
Being a presentation at the one-day workshop on Data Journalism for the extractive sector organised by Policy Alert. Due to diverse interpretation, to better understand what investigative reporting is, it may be best to start by explaining what it is not. It is vaguely said that all reporting is investigative. After all, journalists routinely dig
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Judicial officers, lawyers, and practitioners in the judiciary are currently in shock after thunder struck Court 3 of the Chief Magistrate Court in the Ikom Magisterial district of Cross River State. Ikom is a commercial town in central Cross River and is located nearly 205 kilometres north of the southern port city
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In what seems a paradigm shift from existing norms, over a dozen journalists were on Friday in Calabar, trained on reporting in depth the extractive industries in Cross River State in a bid to promote contract transparency, beneficial ownership, accountability, and overall transparency in the sector. The training, which had physical and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday arrested thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. 17 were arrested at a location on Post Office Street, Royal Estate, off Ikot Omin, while 10 were apprehended
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle As most families in Nigeria were planning for Christmas, in December 2020, Inspector Daniel Ise of the Nigeria Police had to prepare for his departure. He had just been transferred from Akwa Ibom, where he had served for years, to Owerri in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. His wife and children were unhappy with
Weekend File is a news 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, Comrade Amawu Cletus-Albert, Publisher of Epistle News was our guest. Thank you for joining