By Our Correspondent Academic activities have resumed in the University of Calabar with students expressing diverse opinions on the issue. Lectures resumed Thursday, following the expiration of the one week solidarity strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after gunmen invaded the varsity’s staff quarters, abducting one Dr. SO
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered reliably from sources in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that former Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke was yesterday quizzed at the Port Harcourt office of the Commission over his alleged involvement in the N23.29billion election bribe scandal. An operative of the Commission told CrossRivrWatch that Imoke
By Ushang Ewa The National Vice Chairman South South of the APC, Hilliard Etta says the Calabar – Lagos rail line which led to an impasse between the Presidency and National Assembly is included in the budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari Friday. Etta disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after his arrival
By CrossRiverWatch admin It is no longer news that the 260km Super Highway, one of Governor Ayade’s signature projects expected to commence from Bakassi to Obudu and empty into the northern part of the country, is meeting with opposition from various quarters, ranging from environmentalists to affected communities to the government at the center. This
By CrossRiverWatch admin The U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar has been granted the hosting right for the Saturday June 11, African Cup of Nations qualifier between the Flying Eagles of Nigeria against Burundi. A letter conveying the granting of the hosting right to the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade was presented to
Cross River State is among the few States in Nigeria that operate a functional multi-door court. The Calabar Multi-Door Court is a court connected initiative operating under the auspices of the Cross River State High Court, and it is designed to complement the conventional adversarial method of dispute resolution (litigation). The Multi-Door Court was established
PREAMBLE: To “bite the bullet” is to endure a painful or otherwise unpleasant situation that is seen as unavoidable. This phrase is believed to have derived historically from the practice of having a patient clench a bullet in his or her teeth as a way to cope with the extreme pain of a surgical procedure
By CrossRiverWatch admin Worried by the recent communal clash between Nko and Mkpani Communities in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, the People of Yakurr in Abuja under the aegis of The Yakurr Peoples Club (YPC) held an extra ordinary meeting to chat the way forward for sustainable peace to prevail among the