By Our Reporter Men of the Nigeria Police Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS Cross River Command foiled a robbery attempt Thursday afternoon at Mayne Avenue Calabar South. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to our reporter the Police were able to foil the robbery attempt by a gang of four armed men after engaging in
By Our Reporter The Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal Sokoto will on the 11 of march 2017 be awarded honorary Doctor in Business Administration by the University of Calabar, Calabar. The disclosure was made by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Zana Akpagu of the institution recently on a courtesy visit to the Governor.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Population Commission has concluded arrangements for the third phase of the Enumeration Area Demarcation EAD, exercise in the state. The exercise, which is one of the core activities preparatory to the 2018 Population and Housing Census, will span February 20 – March 10, 2017 in Etung local government area. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Owing to what must have been sustained pressure from environmental activists and host communities about possible land annexation, the Cross River state government has succumbed to reversing its earlier order to acquire 10km of land on both sides of the proposed 260 km superhighway. In an advertorial in the Punch newspaper of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Not more than five days days after the release of FG, the abducted cripple in Ohong village in Obudu, another man simply identified as Simon, a pharmaceutical shop owner in Obudu main town, has been abducted by armed criminals. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered that Simon who owns the Simbless pharmaceutical shop, at No.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Deputy Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ivara Esu, has extended the gratitude of the government and people of the state to a 35-man team from the Taiwanese Medical Peace Corps who just concluded a free medical mission in the state. He said the state appreciates the decision of the team
By Uchino Amatey The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board has continued its Personnel Verification, Biometrics/Image Capturing and Promotion Interview of teaching and non-teaching staff of Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) in the Central Senatorial Zone. The exercise which entered Boki Local Government Area has led to a full on investigation into several discoveries
By Ogar Monday/Otobong Clemet The Deputy Governor of Cross River State who represented the Governor reading the condolence message during the burial. The Cross River State Government has described the death of Late Obongwan Minika James as a great loss to not just the family but to Cross River State and Nigeria. The assertion was