By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu has denied claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he is planning to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Esu, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr. Smart Usang and issued Sunday in Calabar described as a “blatant lie,” “malicious,”
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has raised its voice against all forms of violence against women and the girl child. The association, in a statement signed by its chairman, Mrs. Umo Basi-Edet and made available to CrossRiverWatch said as the world marks the International
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government says it has activated the disease surveillance and tracking system to prevent the migration of yellow fever following its outbreak in Edo State. The National Center for Disease Control had last week confirmed nine cases of yellow fever after two decades. And, the Cross River State ministry
By Iyamgbe Justina Following the bruohaha that has greeted the alleged endorsement of a factional governorship candidate of the APC in Cross River state, Senator John Owan Enoh, by the Sarki Hausawa of Ogoja, Alhaji Yakubu Adamu, the young monarch has decribed the news as the handiwork of his detractors. After pictures of the monarch’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A cleric in Calabar South local government area of Cross River State has said that his decision to let residents fetch water free from the borehole he drilled was borne our of desire to care for humans than his position as a preacher. Pastor Bassey Duke is a minister with the Apostolic
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Muslim community in Cross River State has dissociated itself from an alleged endorsement of the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State for the 2019 general election, Senator John Owan-Enoh by the Sarki Hausawa Ogoja, Alhaji Adamu Yakubu. The community in a statement signed by the
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State House of Assembly has set up a special committee consisting of traditional rulers to immediately interface and make recommendations for sustainable solutions to the recent communal wars in Abi. The committee is to be headed by the Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana who has been at
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Cross River Local Government Service Commission, Dr Peter Adigeb has said that a bill for the appointment of Permanent Secretaries for Local Governments is now before the State House of Assembly. A permanent secretary is the most senior civil servant in the Nigerian civil service with only the