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I Stole The Child From Calabar: Child Trafficker Tells Abia Police

by crossriverwatch admin The Abia State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded different groups of suspected child traffickers in Umuahia the state capital. Among the suspects that were paraded included one Joseph Edet Essien a native of Ifetai in Calabar, Cross River State, who allegedly stole a three-year-old child, Dorcas Emmanuel Usen. Parading the suspect, Police

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Zoning Of Governorship To Cross River North And The Ostrich Game BY VENATIUS IKEM

by crossriverwatch admin With Governor Imoke’s latest outburst and advice at The Ranch Resort, suggesting a new approach to his many cabinet (members) hopefuls to government house, there seems to be a flurry of activities in the name of consultation by the hitherto anointing seeking aspirants. I even understand that one of the SANs in

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Cross River Works Commissioner Advises College Students To Shun Cultism

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner of Works, Mr. Legor Idagbo has enjoined students of Cross River State College of Education, Awi/Akamkpa to avoid cultism as it does not pay but destroys. He made the call at the second edition launch of the movie ‘Cross of Decision’ by Debbies Entertainment in collaboration with

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2015: It’s Not Feasible To Get One Candidate From North For PDP Primaries – Tanko Ashang

by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Tanko Ashang is from Obanlikwu Local Government Area and he is one of the aspirants contending for the position of governor of Cross River State, CrossRiverWatch took him to task over the weekend on the recent pronouncement by the governor of the State, Senator Liyel Imoke that the northern part of

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Central Progressive Movement Adopt Ndoma Egba For Senate

by crossriverwatch admin Members of a socio political organization in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Central Progressive Movement, have adopted Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, Nigeria’s Senate Leader to return and represent the Senatorial District in the upper chamber in 2015. In a communiqué signed by Egiga Agim Obaji the Chairman of the

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Calabar Monorail Will Be Delivered On Time, Contractor Assures

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has expressed his excitement as the ongoing construction of the Calabar Monorail project progresses. The monorail is designed to link the new development area called the Summit Hills where the new Calabar International Convention Center is sited, to the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort. Speaking

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Gunman Kill 19 Year Old Undergraduate In Obudu

by crossriverwatch admin Prevailing security worries in Obudu seem to be worsening with the Sunday, July 27 killing of a nineteen year old undergraduate, Miss Esther Elilo Ukwayi in front of the father’s compound at Bekpam layout by an unknown gunman. Elilo as she is fondly called, a final year student of Mass Communication at

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Ebola: Government Orders Return Of Six Passengers From Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Following the death of forty year old Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian in Lagos last week, the Federal Government on Monday ordered six persons made up of Liberians and other West Africans from Ebola-afflicted countries currently attending an ECOWAS meeting in Calabar to return to Lagos for further examination and screening. Sawyer, a

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