By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Eighteen years old Cross Riverian, Blessing Ikung has graduated from the United States of America’s military school. The Obudu born Blessing attended the army basic training school in Fort Jackson, South Carolina State, USA where she graduated as Private E2. According to CalabarBlog, she hails from Ibong village
By The Nigerian Tribune The government of the Gambia has reiterated its support for Dr. Paul Adalikwu, Secretary General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) and expressed commitment to the success of his administration. Bai Lamin Jobe, the Gambian minister of transport, works and infrastructure, said this in Banjul when he
Goree Island is located on the great western bulge of Africa, just 3km off the Senegalese coast. It is the nearest point on the African continent to the Americas. Historically, the Senegalese people called it Ber. The Portuguese renamed it, Ila De Palma. But the name was again changed to Good Reed by the Dutch
By Archibong Jeremiah Over 160 Cameroonian refugee children have received their birth certificates. The certificate is issued by the National Population Commission, with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cross River and Benue States. The information was released yesterday as part of the Cameroonian refugees’ in Nigeria operational update for
By Harrison Edeh, The ICIR The Federal Government has signed a €9.3 million agreement with the European Union (EU) and the German Government for the construction of 23 mini-grids by eight indigenous solar developers. The agreement, signed under the Interconnected Mini-grid Acceleration Scheme (IMAS), is targeted at boosting the electricity supply in rural communities. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Paul Adalikwu, Secretary General (SG) of Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) has presented his strategic plan for the organization to host country, Côte d’Ivoire in his maiden meeting with the Ivorian Secretary of State for Transportation, Dr. Celestine Doh Serey. Adalikwu, a native of Obudu in Cross River
By Sylvia Felix Policy Shapers and 72,000 supporters have petitioned the British government over Nigeria’s inclusion in the Majority English Speaking Countries (MESC) list. The organization said the petition was borne out of the fact that Nigeria was colonized by the British and speaks English as its first language. Also, it’s raised concerns over the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo will take a fresh plea in his terrorism and treasonable felony trial on Wednesday. Mr. Jalingo’s trial which began in 2019 has suffered numerous setbacks and he will be appearing before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court – the third