By CrossRiverWatch Admin An online news platform WikkiTimes has insisted that, its story detailing how the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) squandered a N1 Billion constituency project is true, accurate and credible. The investigation revealed how N1 Billion constituency projects nominated by the former
This is the first part of the reports on some communities in dire need of basic social amenities in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The focus here is Eha-Etiti under Nsukka East Development Centre. Nineteen years ago, Juliana Okoro was in labor and needed to be transported on a motorbike to a healthcare
By CrossRiverWatch Admin After a decade of hosting the career day conference of the Bridge Leadership Foundation, Calabar, Cross River’s capital will lose that to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The 11th career day of TBLF will hold on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the NAF Conference Center and Suites, Abuja, by 10:00AM, details released
By Agba Jalingo and Jonathan Ugbal Years after Nigeria privatized its power sector, the ghost of its corrupt past has continued to haunt consumers in South – South Nigeria. Despite repeated warnings, commitments and investments, Nigerians are yet to see improvement in the supply of electricity. CrossRiverWatch spoke to respondents in Akwa Ibom, Cross River
By Ntiedo Ekott, Premium Times Mrs. Grace Ebit, a farmer in Ibogo, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, recalls her childhood with nostalgia. After her father lost his job in the mid-1960s, she dropped out of school and the family struggled to get food. Her distraught father began to grow cassava and processed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has appointed a new head for the State Universal Basic Education Board. Mr. Omaga Odo who served as Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party until last year is the new Chairman, a statement signed by Mr. Ayade’s spokesman, Christian Ita read. The Governor also appointed
By Jonathan Ugbal President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed George Abang Ekpungu as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for a tenure of five years. Mr. Ekpungu served as Commissioner for New Cities Development in Governor Ben Ayade’s first term in office. He declined reappointment to serve in Governor Ayade’s cabinet after
By Sun Newspaper Speculations are rife in Cross River State that the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have tactfully given nod to the candidature of Senators Sandy Onor and Gershom Bassey as their governorship aspirant ahead of the 2023 race. This development, political pundits in the State say follows from what