by crossriverwatch admin Calabar is set to host connoisseurs of smooth jazz, funky R ‘n’ B and sweet soul music as guests and residents in the city look forward to three nights of fabulous headline performances by D’Angelo and Eric Benét Jordan (US), Jonathan Butler (SA), Asa, Darey, Bez and Burna Boy (Nigeria). The group
by crossriverwatch admin Harambee Stars captain Dennis Oliech is confident the team can cause an upset when they face Africa’s champions, Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier on March 23 in Calabar. Oliech, who arrived in the Kenya on Tuesday, has insisted that Nigeria will be under pressure and with proper preparations, the Stars can
by crossriverwatch admin The Golden Eaglets actually saved their best for the last with a thrilling 9-0 pounding of Diamond Zebras of Botswana to complete an aggregate win of 12-0 over two international friendlies in as many days. Last Saturday, the Nigerian Under-17 team beat their Botswana counterparts with three first half goals much to
by crossriverwatch admin The original copy of this article was published in the Sun Newspaper of August 30, 2005 and was also re-published on the website of the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Here the author, Agba Jalingo abridges the article in light of prevailing realities and parliamentary interventions
by crossriverwatch admin His story began in 1985 when NRA soldiers discovered him in the forest, with his adoptive family – a pack of monkeys. A replica of the fairy tale, The Jungle Book, Robert Mayanja has since been rehabilitated among humans, but still has tendencies of the animal he was raised to be. He
by crossriverwatch admin The preparation of the Cross River State Government for the non-oil sector economy has started yielding results with the latest being the discovery of Rutile metal in the state. Rutile is a precious metal resource that has huge commercial value and is used as pigment in paint production, water proof agents, as
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State has been picked as one of the states in Nigeria that is desirous of meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target. European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr David Mac stated this at a two-day Policy Dialogue Towards the Development of a State Policy on Donor Coordination in
Culled from Thisday The returnees of Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State extraction in the Bakassi Peninsula now in Cameroun have instituted an action at the Federal High Court, Abuja against the Federal Government, asking for N30 billion in damages for alleged acts of betrayal leading to the loss of their ancestral home