By Ogar Monday, Adado Margaret And Kelvin Ololo Readers of crossriverwatch.com have commended its management and staff for its contributions to the development of Cross River State. The commendations come on the occasion of the newspaper’s sixth anniversary. Some of the readers who bared their minds while speaking on a weekly Hit 95.9 FM Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River government has called on the federal government to properly equip the Nigerian Navy in order for it to effectively patrol the maritime corridor in the state in order to sustain the drastic reduction in militancy and kidnapping activities which were possible due to the high number
By Jonathan Ugbal and David Ogbudu Following the razing of six people in three local government areas of Cross River, the police command in the state has warned residents to stop taking laws into their hands. One person was burnt at Ikom, one found dead in Calabar Municipal and four were also roast in Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka The Cross River State Government on Thursday accused two gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Messrs Venatius Ikem and Paul Adah of sponsoring the thugs that were arrested a few days to the House of Assembly bye-election in Obudu. The Attorney General
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Despite the presence of over 1,000 police officers and over 5 dozen personnel of different security agencies, at least two have been injured in the Obudu house of assembly bye-election with the results of one polling unit cancelled so far due to hijack of electoral
By Ushang Ewa Mr. Akwaji DonHenry, a legal practitioner has raised alarm over what he feels is a plan to arrest a gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Venatius Ikem. Mr. Akwaji who is also a legal representative to Mr. Ikem told CrossRiverWatch on Telephone that he perceives desperation from the state
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River and his Ebonyi counterpart, David Umahi have signed a peace and infrastructure agreement to sustainably resolved the boundary crisis rocking communities in both states. The duo met yesterday in Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital to discuss the crisis which occurs in four flash
By Ushang Ewa More fights and vandalism have been reported from Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State ahead of the August 11, 2018 bye-election into the state house of assembly to replace late lawmaker, Mr. Stephen Ukpukpen. Images obtained by CrossRiverWatch shows that several vehicles have been vandalised due to fights and