By CrossRiverWatch Admin The take off of test transmission by Prince Jedy Agba owned 95.5 City FM in Calabar has again elicited another attempt by the state government to shut the station down. It will be recalled that the station which was initially billed to begin transmission in October 2016, was forced to delay take
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A smart city according to Wikipedia is an urban development vision to integrate information and communication technology and Internet of things technology in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets. The conceptualisation of a Smart City varies from city to city and country to country, depending on the level of development,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Sounds impossible right? But the trio of Cross River foremost celebrity, events and entertainment blog, calabarblog.com, Nova Rosta and Ibom Tourism are taking interested holiday makers to the peak of the famous Obudu mountains in northern Cross River state from 2nd to 4th September, 2017. Obudu is over 360 kilometers from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Exactly five years today, August 27, a new and a vibrant online media outfit, CrossRiverWatch was introduced into the media industry in Cross River state and Nigeria to contribute its own quota to the development of the profession in the country and in shaping and playing a robust part in the socioeconomic
By Jonathan Ugbal The Sarki Hausa of Ogoja, Alhaji Yakubu Adamu has said that some herdsmen residing in Ishibori community of Ogoja have been meeting with the community leaders to discuss issues that have affected both. The herdsmen left the community last week Thursday after an alleged 72 hour quit notice was issued them and
By Itiunbe Atunka Videos obtained by CrossRiverWatch shows that the unknown contractor who had issued a one hour quit notice to shop owners along Calabar lane in Obudu local government area eventually made good his promise by demolishing them. CrossRiverWatch had reported on Monday that the contractor suspected to be with Sydney construction limited which
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced the discovery of large deposits of Uranium, Iron Ore and other solid minerals in several parts of the state with exploration said to commence soon. The commissioner for solid minerals development, George O’Ben-Etchi disclosed this recently while fielding questions from Journalists at Kokunne forest in
By Itiunbe Atunka Fresh crisis is currently brewing in Obudu as a road contractor (unnamed) has issued a one hour notice to shop owners at the Calabar lane in Obudu urban to evacuate their wares as they have instructions to pull down the structures. The contractor is suspected to be the same one handling the