By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable John Lebo (PDP Abi) has indicated interest to run for the position of the member of the federal house of representatives representing the Abi/Yakurr federal constituency in the national assembly. Mr. Lebo in a tweet on Monday via his handle said
By Jonathan Ugbal There was brief commotion in the Bitiah Irruan community of Boki local government area of central Cross River State on Friday last week when a Chimpanzee decided to follow a farmer home. The farmer is said to have seen the Chimpanzee in the bush and it is unclear exactly what he did
By Obeten Godfrey A drug counsellor and sociologist, Dr. Veronica Undelikwuo, has advised that only holistic sensitization can reduce the high rate of drug abuse in Cross River State and the country at large. Dr. Veronica made the assertion on Episode 94 of “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo,” Sunday 6-7pm on Hit 95.9 Fm, Calabar.
By Margaret John The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Cross River State Command has disclosed that it intercepted banned drugs weighing 722.469kg in the year 2017 operations. This was stated by the State NDLEA Principal Staff Officer, Operation and Intelligence, Mr. Abu Danladi while speaking as a guest on the “The Dialogue With Agba
By Margaret John The President of the African Council on Narcotics (ACON), Mr. Rekpene Bassey has called for the creation of a special department separate from the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency that will focus on drugs reduction while the NDLEA focuses on enforcement. Mr. Rekpene who was speaking on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Pictures from the traditional marriage of the Cross River State Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr. and Nela Duke. The Finance Commissioner is the son of a business Mogul and CEO Davandy Group, Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong. Nela is the daughter of the first Democratic Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke.
By Ushang Ewa The ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River failed to hold across the eighteen local government areas of the state with confusion trailing the conduct. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the Ward Congress Committee led by Mr. Stanley Ekezie had upon arrival in Calabar on Friday evening, agreed to shift
By Our Correspondent Former military governor of Bayelsa state, Colonel Paul Edor Obi, has said that Governor Ayade’s Industrial Park, is twenty years ahead of time and will yield enormous benefits for the state and the country. Paul Edor Obi, from Boki LGA in central Cross River state, was Administrator of Bayelsa State, from July 1998 to