By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, (UNICAL) Professor Florence Obi on Wednesday 25th July, 2023 said the withdrawal of hundreds of students by the institution was in line with its policies and was ratified by the Varsity’s Senate. Professor Obi made this known in an exclusive interview series on CrossRiverWatch
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ijiraga Youths in Yala LGA of Cross River State, yesterday chased out former Chairman of Anti-Deforestation Task Force, Emmanuel Asegem AKA Ajanaku and his boys out of the community. The checkpoint where they usually extort transporters has been taken over by the angry youths of the Ijiraga community. In an amateur video
By Jeremiah Archibong Becheve is a clan of 16 communities in Cross River State, Nigeria. It hosts the famous Obudu Cattle Ranch and the Obudu Mountain Resort, two of the state’s biggest tourism centres. But inside Becheve is also a very terrible and harmful culture where parents and relatives give out girls as young as
By Jonathan Ugbal Youths and concerned indigenes of Ijiraga community in Ukelle, Yala Local Government Area this morning intercepted and stopped a convoy of about 17 trucks conveying illegally logged woods from forests in Cross River State and heading towards Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. A source abreast of the matter told this reporter that after the
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross Riverians in the Diaspora (CRID) has inaugurated its pioneer executive council members. The inauguration event was held via zoom. Watch the inauguration event on CrossRiverWatch TV:
By Patrick Obia, Mary Bassey, Sylvia Akpan, Veronica Utsu, Wisdom Okon, and Winnard Able In a major policy announcement during President Bola Tinubu’s May 29th inauguration, the government said there will be a removal of fuel subsidy. The subsidy, which has been in place for decades, has been a major drain on the country’s finances.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Chief Cyril Anthony, a member of the newly constituted Anti-Deforestation task force threatens Agba Jalingo over a Facebook post alleging he is a logger. The anti-deforestation committee was constituted yesterday by the State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu. Citizen Agba Jalingo alleged that the Chairman and Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Charles
By Patrick Obia and Wisdom Okon The newly inaugurated governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has said his administration “is the Government of Cross Riverians by Cross Riverians for all Cross Riverians and non-Cross Riverians in our land.” The successor of Sen. Ben Ayade remarked while presenting his inaugural speech. He further