By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigeria Under-20 men football team, Saturday qualified for the next round of the African Cup of Nations U20 tournament after beating Burundi 2 goals to 1 at the Udoakaha Jacob Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Goals from Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Nwakali ensured that of Magloire’s was mere consolation as the Flying
By CrossRiverWatch admin Militants in Bakassi Local government of Cross River State have warned their ilk in the creeks of Bayelsa and Delta state to desist from continuous bombing of oil pipelines and ,embrace dialogue as an option to end the crisis in the region. In a message to the Niger Delta Avengers, the leader
By Jonathan Ugbal The Obubra campus of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) which houses the faculty of Agriculture was closed for 72 hours following a resurgence in the Nko and Mkpani communal clash. Students were directed to vacate the school premises on Monday, June 6, 2016 till further notice with Examinations across the
By Ekemini Raymond Immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor James Epoke has returned to the class room to lecture, after his five years tenure as the Vice Chancellor of the institution. Epoke is now lecturing Virology, a course offered by 4th year students of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences. In
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Works Engineer Dane Osimasu has disclosed that the State Government has spent a total of over 20Billion Naira on the rehabilitation of Federal roads and is yet to be reimbursed by the Federal Government. The Works Commissioner who made the disclosure in his office while speaking
The garment factory is one of Ayade’s projects I whole heartedly support and I am definite if properly managed and duplicated in all the three zones in the state, has the ability to generate skilled employment and in the long run we can capture not only the African market and key into her products
By CrossRiverWatch admin A mentally deranged lady, possibly in her thirties, yesterday, Thursday June 9, 2016 delivered a female child on (Ndidem Usang Iso) Marian road, Calabar’s most highbrow street at about 3:50pm. Eyewitnesses and shop owners around who saw the incident told CrossRiverWatch that the lady has been a familiar face in the neighbourhood
By Godshield Kanjal for PremiumTimes Many are feared dead in an ongoing clash between two rival gangs in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, the police, residents and witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. Trouble started when a tricycle operator belonging to a cult group named the “Marvians,” refused to pay a loading