By News Agency of Nigeria The Rapid Response Register (RRR) under the National Social Safety-Net programme said it had trained 108 enumerators in the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State. Mr. Chris Anake, State Coordinator of the programme fielded questions from journalists on Wednesday in Calabar on its performance. Anake said that RRR
By News Agency of Nigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has created additional 998 Polling Units in the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State. The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in the State, Dr. Emmanuel Hart made the disclosure in Calabar at a stakeholder’s forum on Expanding Voter Access to Polling
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River command of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday paraded 40 suspects arrested from different parts of the State for various offences. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande said the offenses ranged from murder to armed robbery, rape, stealing, malicious damage, unlawful possession of firearms, gangsterism and dealing in
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper The killing of four persons in Vandeikya, a Benue State border community with Cross River State by mob has stirred tension between the two States. Vanguard Newspaper gathered that in the area, which is over 300 kilometres from Calabar, a commercial driver known as Aluku and three others were mauled
By Jonathan Ugbal No fewer than two thousand homes may in the long run lose their homes if the threats on Akpaven Integrated Services, the contractor handling the four fingers of the Ikot Nkebre gully erosion project for the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) are not curbed. CrossRiverWatch visited the community last week
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The national body of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) recently bestowed on DailyTrust correspondent, Eyo Charles the Torch Bearer of Press Freedom Award. The award is usually given to editors, reporters, media practitioners who faced persecution, humiliation, attacks, detention, imprisonment, physical injury or suffered death in the course of performing their
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River Satet and his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu were absent as Governors of the 17 southern States of Nigeria met in Asaba, the Delta State capital and announced their position on open grazing and restructuring among other pressing issues. Mr. Ayade has over the years missed several
By Ushang Ewa Weeks after disclosing its intention to deploy drones for the supply of drugs and medical essentials to hard-to-reach areas (HTRAs), the Cross River State Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with drone delivery company Zipline. The State has over 100 HTRAs whose designation, as the name implies, stems from difficult terrains