By Obaji Akpet The pageant representing Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; Elizabeth Ndukwe, 20 has emerged winner of Miss Hospitality Ambassador Nigeria. The 300 level student of Human Resource Management, Zenith University, Accra, Ghana became winner of the much coveted National pageantry, which held at the Mirage Hotel in Nigeria’s number one tourism destination, Calabar, recently.
Sylvia Etta Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke and the leadership of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the state have been lauded for zoning the governorship position to northern senatorial district for the 2015 race. Speaking exclusively to CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, the village head of Etabayip, Kasuk Quo Clan, Calabar Municipality, His Highness,
By Ray Ekem The University of Calabar has again been thrown into mourning as one of its own, Prof. Isika Martin Andor of the faculty of Agricultural Science is dead. CrossRiverWatch gathered that late Prof. Andor slumped after presenting his manifesto yesterday night in his bid to become the Dean of Post Graduate School, and
By Archibong Jeremiah A Non-Governmental Organization and socio-political group of Ikom sons and daughters, the Refighane Bor-Ekpache Nkome, Calabar Chapter have called on the Cross River State Government to embark on massive solar power generation as a means of bridging the inadequate electricity supply in the state. The call was made by the group Chancellor,
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government yesterday awarded a N2.4 billion contract for the construction and expansion of the Okpoma, Yala water scheme. This is coming barely a month after the government awarded contracts for two other water schemes, including the Phase 2 of the Ikom Water project. Speaking during the contract award
Sylvia Eta All is not well presently with the education sector in Cross River State as the West African Examination Council, WAEC is yet to release the May/June 2014 result of all public secondary schools in the state to the State Ministry of Education. Investigation by CrossRiverWatch revealed that the state government payment of WAEC
John Ushie An angry mob this morning around 4 a.m. stormed the Obanlikwu police station in Obanlikwu LGA in the northern part of Cross River State and burnt bikes and vehicles that were parked in the station as well as documents that the angry youths seize from the station. The SA on Security to the
John Ushie Senator Benedict Ayade, (PDP, Cross River North) has said that the deplorable state of the Obudu-Ogoja Road and his awareness of the financial constraints of concerned authorities is what has prompted his intervention in the rehabilitation of the trunk A, expressway. Rehabilitation work on the road by Leophina Construction company commenced on Friday