By CrossRiverWatch Admin Accolades, commendations and felicitations have continued to assail Professor Zana Akpagu, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar on the occasion of his 58th birthday. Professor Zana turned 58 on Saturday, August 26, 2017 and numerous professional organisations and individuals have hailed him for his developmental strides since he took over
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has terminated its Joint Venture Agreement with a consortium led by Niger Global Engineering and Technical Company Limited (NGETCL), for not complying with the Public Procurement Act. This followed a recommendation by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) which predates the current administration which has Mrs. Hadiza
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The take off of test transmission by Prince Jedy Agba owned 95.5 City FM in Calabar has again elicited another attempt by the state government to shut the station down. It will be recalled that the station which was initially billed to begin transmission in October 2016, was forced to delay take
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Sounds impossible right? But the trio of Cross River foremost celebrity, events and entertainment blog, calabarblog.com, Nova Rosta and Ibom Tourism are taking interested holiday makers to the peak of the famous Obudu mountains in northern Cross River state from 2nd to 4th September, 2017. Obudu is over 360 kilometers from the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has unveiled an emergency transport service (ETS) for the health sector to check increasing maternal mortality rates and other negative health indices in a bid to achieve its universal health coverage goal. This will compliment the almost 1,000 units of toll free smart phones designed in collaboration
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By Jonathan Ugbal The Sarki Hausa of Ogoja, Alhaji Yakubu Adamu has said that some herdsmen residing in Ishibori community of Ogoja have been meeting with the community leaders to discuss issues that have affected both. The herdsmen left the community last week Thursday after an alleged 72 hour quit notice was issued them and
By Itiunbe Atunka Videos obtained by CrossRiverWatch shows that the unknown contractor who had issued a one hour quit notice to shop owners along Calabar lane in Obudu local government area eventually made good his promise by demolishing them. CrossRiverWatch had reported on Monday that the contractor suspected to be with Sydney construction limited which