By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said the practice of social distancing might be ineffective to control the spread of coronavirus. “Social distancing presupposes that things are so equal, that you stay in an isolated room, it is completely wrong because in
One of the Governor’s in Nigeria with a nack for hugging the headlines for a multiplicity of reasons ranging from grammatical bombasticity to outright fan-fare and grandstanding is Gov. Ben Ayade. While his swag and verbousness has drawn a lot of admiration, There is also a question mark about his leadership style and the application
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Police Force has lost one of its senior officers to the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Francis Adie Bissong, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was until his death the Deputy Commissioner, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, (SCID) in the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin-City. Bissong,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police have arrested two persons in connection with the death of two suspected members of the Vikings confraternity in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the arrest to Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, adding that the incident occurred on Monday. “Two
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has exclusively obtained pictures of the Cross River State Covid-19 Isolation Centre in Ogoja. Ogoja Local Government Area is located in the Northern Senatorial district of the State. See them below.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A gangster in Ugep, Yakurr LGA popularly known as J Boy has been killed. The gangster was hacked down yesterday in Ugep by rival gang. J Boy according information available to our newsroom, until his death was one of the leaders of the dreaded Vikings confraternity in Yakurr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As the Obudu cargo airport project crisis depens, the Cross River State Government has dished out threat to Okambi Community, in Obudu Local Government Area and any other opposed to the project. Impeccable source monitoring on-the-ground progress of situation in the Community has revealed that: “Yesterday (Monday) evening between 5:30pm – 6pm,
April 4 would have been your 36th birthday. But you are holed up in the grave. Mama’s last wish was for me to take care of you; her last born and she did emphasize it for me to your hearing. After your graduation, I had to bring you from home to Calabar to see how