By CrossRiverWatch Admin The sister to Senator Musa Adede – Madam Elizabeth Adede has passed on. Late Madam Elizabeth, a one-time Finance Commissioner of Cross Rivers State, passed on at the Garki Hospital, Abuja, after a surgical procedure on Friday, February 21, 2025. The tragedy was shared by her elder brother, Senator Musa Adede, via
By Patrick Obia Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the agitation of delisting Bakassi Local Government Area from the list of 774 LGAs in the country, as proposed by Senator Florence Ita Giwa and Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla during an Arise TV interview, Obono-Obla has fought back and criticized the Cross River State House of Assembly. The state
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of efforts to tackle security at the senatorial level, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has appointed three directors to oversee the Homeland Security Agency. This was contained in a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gill Nsa on Thursday, February
By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has said the proposed examination for her students will go ahead despite the date and time clashing with the state monthly clean-up. In an announcement, Prof. Tony Eyang, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), confirmed that all examinations scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, will proceed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Police Command has said suspect – Apostle Ubong Bassey who killed his 16-year-old daughter Deborah accused of witchcraft is been trailed. Deborah, a child said to have been with Down Syndrome is allegedly killed by his father who is now on the run. The incident, which took place
By Favour Adinya The National Industrial Court sitting in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, has ordered the reinstatement of Professor Austin Angba as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) after months of sack. In Suit No. NICN/CA/34/2024, the court held that Professor Angba’s suspension by the university’s governing
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State 10th Assembly has kicked against a petition sent to President Bola Tinubu by a group identified as the Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi, communities urging the federal government to remove Bakassi from the 774 local government areas in the country. According to Bakassi Joint
October 12, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Airforce plane conveying 45 members of the Christians Club rugby team, including their friends and family members from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for an exhibition match against the Old Boys Club, an English rugby team in Santiago, crashed into the Andes Mountains in Argentina. For 72 days, the