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
by crossriverwatch His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday appointed His Lordship, Most Rev. Joseph Effiong Ekuwem as the new Archbishop of Calabar. Most Rev Joseph now replaces His Grace Most Rev Joseph Edra Ukpo who retired having attained the canonical age of 75. Until his appointment, Bishop Joseph Ekuwem was the Bishop of Uyo
by Punch The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Federal Government to initiate the process of conducting a referendum for the “Bakassi people, who are Nigerians.” A motion by a member representing Bakassi in the House, Mr. Ekpenyong Ayi, urged support for the rights of his people to self determination. Ayi cited Article I