By Archibong Jeremiah Information just reaching our newsroom has it that the Community Relations Officer (CRO) of Bekwarra, Hon. Mike Ikado has been kidnapped. According to the anonymous source who informed CrossRiverWatch, “he was kidnapped this morning (Thursday) at about 6:30am and was taken away in his car”. The source also revealed that “yesterday (Wednesday)
By Our Reporter Information reaching our newsroom has it that the APC campaign billboard of Sen. John Owan Enoh (APC gubernatorial candidate) located at Obioko, Ijiman Ugep was alleged to have been destroyed by supporters of his rival, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani (factional APC guber candidate) Wednesday night. One Owan Enoh’s supporters in Ugep (name
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government has begun the recruitment of 1000 health workers to tackle the challenge of dearth in manpower a statement from the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) says. The statement signed and issued in Calabar on Wednesday by the Director General of the agency, Dr.
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The 2019 re-election bid of Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Monday received a huge boost as the State’s traditional rulers’ council threw its weight behind him for a second term, while declaring the state as wholly Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the council and Paramount
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Wanted militant and leader of the Bakassi Strike Force, Simply Benjamin Ene popularly referred to as G1, on Monday surrendered arms alongside members of his team in a special amnesty offered by the Cross River State Government. The amnesty comes almost two years after Mr. Benjamin had indicated interest
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has granted amnesty to the Bakassi Strike Force (Agitators), led by their leader G1. The group led by their leader G1 came out in their numbers as well as surrendered many several categories of assault rifle. The surrendering of BSF is
By Archibong Jeremiah Following the recent arrest of Mr. Edet Okon Asim, Special Adviser on Forestry and Biodiversity to the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade over allegation of severally abusing a 15 years old girl (name withheld) sexually, a NGO, Project Alert on Violence Against Women has written to the Inspector General (IG)
By Ushang Ewa A former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl (names withheld) for a period spanning about three years. The girl is said to have been coerced into aborting two