By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State High Court has sacked Prof. Itam Hogan Itam as Muri Munene of the Efuts Nation and Paramount Ruler of Calabar South. The judgment was passed on Friday 15th March, 2019 during a court session presided by Justice Edem Ita Kooffreh in Calabar and contained in a court order
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani has lamented the way his ruling All Progressives Congress APC is being run, saying were it not for the image of President Muhammadu Buhari, the party would have since disintegrated. “When the managers of the system violate their own rules, then it means the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In response to a letter put forward by Hon. Legor Idagbo, Member Representing Bekwarra/Obudu/Obanliku Constituency, the House of Representatives, today held a one minute silence and prayers during plenary in honor of late Hon. Paul Adah who passed away recently. The late Hon. Adah had represented the Federal Constituency from 2003 to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (ARD-UCTH) has embarked on indefinite strike. The union arising from an emergency meeting on Monday 18th March 2019 queried the management of the hospital for not responding to their demands issued earlier during a 3 days ultimatum dated 14th February 2019 which led
April 2018, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, wept profusely at the State Executive Council chambers whilst signing the N1.3 trillion budget of kinetic crystallization into law. The governor asked Rev. Fr Bob Etta, his Special Adviser on Religious Matters, to commit the budget to God and while the prayer was ongoing, Ayade broke
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has maintained that suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen, remains the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Muhammad said he would step aside once the Code of Conduct Tribunal or the Appeals Court rules in favour of Onnoghen. He, however, insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari did
By Patrick Obia Following the increasing rate of communal clashes due to boundary disputes in Cross River State, Surveyor Gertrude Njar has said that only surveyors can put a stop to boundary issues by updating boundaries. She disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, following the renewed communal war between neighbouring communities in Erei North in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that the communal war between neighbouring communities in Erei North in Biase LGA, Southern Cross River State, has been renewed. A source in the LGA informed this reporter that “this morning (Sunday) at 2:00a.m, Urugbam had attacked and burnt down 3 communities of Ipene, Ebor and Umoro. And