by crossriverwatch admin Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor Wednesday in the state capital Calabar declared that passion and doggedness have been the state’s driving forces in developing sports despite mounting challenges such as lack of funds, infrastructure and equipment. Senator Imoke stated this while declaring open the 4th Cross River State Primary/Secondary
by crossriverwatch admin Search parties mounted by the family and friends to fish out the body of Mr Friday Sampson, a director with the Department of Works in the University of Calabar who was swept away by rampaging flood waters on Monday evening have failed to yield any result after four days of frantic search.
by crossriverwatch admin The appalling standard in education in Cross River state especially at the primary and secondary school levels is majorly attributable to the lack or little capacity of the teachers at that level to deliver quality teaching to the pupils and students. Dr Joseph Ebam, the Cross River State Chairman of the State
by crossriverwatch admin Supremacy war raging between the Vikings and Klux Klu Klan (KKK) confraternities at the Federal College of Education Obudu, in the northern part of Cross River State has fell over five members of the two nocturnal clubs. The inter cult conflict which started on Thursday last week raged throughout the weekend as
by crossriverwatch admin A suspected phone snatcher said to be an undergraduate student of the University of Calabar was savagely butchered by a mob at about 9 pm on Wednesday for allegedly snatching a phone and a handbag from a lady. The undergraduate phone thief said to be operating with another who managed to escape
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) Barrister Ekpo Nta today in Calabar, said the University of Calabar, Unical will soon commence anti-corruption courses as the school is one of the only two picked from the country amongst 20 world universities where anti-corruption studies will be initiated as a means of
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government says it has spent the sum of 3billion Naira on secondary and 2.7billion Naira on primary education since the inception of the Senator Liyel Imoke administration in 2007. . Mr. Efiok Cobham, the deputy governor of the state made the revelation in Calabar on Monday while declaring
by crossriverwatch admin A committee to draft the academic brief to facilitate the smooth take off of the Cross River State Polytechnic at Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area has been inaugurated in Calabar. Inaugurating the Committee, the Executive Committee of the State Polytechnic, Ugep, Professor Ivara E. Esu (OFR), recalled that the State Government had