By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than four communities in central Cross River State are currently embroiled in a bitter war over farmlands with three reported dead so far. In Ikom Local Government Area, the Nnam and Abankang communities are fighting over a small piece of land. Sources say at least three have died – one
By Archibong Jeremiah Governor Ben Ayade’s Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Mfon Bassey has been arrested and is currently cooling off in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Commissioner was picked up yesterday thursday at his residence in Calabar. According to very reliable source within the anti graft agency, Mr. Mfon
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It has been seven years since the Nigerian government privatized electricity in the country. Since then, we’ve seen marginal improvement and neglect of electricity distribution channels which have led to the loss of life. Funmi discusses this and increased tariffs with Power Up Nigeria founder, Adetayo Adegbemie, Eyo Ekpo, Energy Sector Specialist
By Adebimpe Olajiga, Punch Newspaper
By Omeiza Ajayi, Vanguard Newspaper A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has weighed in on the debate regarding zoning of the party’s presidential ticket in 2023, saying there is no dispute regarding the subject as it is “universally agreed” that the next president must come from the
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the 2021 appropriation bill of Two Hundred and Seventy Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Naira (277, 708, 738,550) tagged Blush and Bliss into law. Sources in Government House Calabar say the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A senior officer of the Nigerian Navy, Navy Captain Emmanuel Owen, has cried out over the continuous torture, victimisation and oppression he is suffering in the service allegedly orchestrated by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas. Owen explained on Saturday that due to the constant harassment in the
Around 2016 or so, I wrote an article which revealed how Cross River State was on the verge of losing $26.5m World Bank assisted agric grant. At the time, because of my article, my name disappeared howbeit, expectedly from the list even though I stood a great chance of being selected. The said publication caused