by crossriverwatch admin A Large wooden boat laden with about three thousand bales of textile materials, twenty bags of shoes, one hundred bags of rice and ten cartons of substances suspected to be hard drugs were impounded on Friday by the NNS Victory, Calabar. Arrested along with the boat are twelve alleged smugglers who brought
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Florence Ita Giwa, General Anthony Ukpo Rtd, and Dr. Pius Tawo have emerged as the three delegates that will represent Cross River State in the national conference. A statement on Thursday night by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim named a total of 492 delegates including the
by crossriverwatch admin Mercy Nku, former Nigerian international athlete has said she regrets not dumping Nigeria to compete for other countries that were courting her to feature for them because her efforts have never been recognised or appreciated by those who run Nigerian sports. Cross River born Mercy Nku who won two gold medals for
by crossriverwatch admin A lady in her early thirties simply identified as Miss Patience this morning jumped from Abakpa bridge into the Aya River and died before rescuers could bring her out of the river. Eye witnesses who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said, a motor cyclist carried her from Igoli and on reaching the Abakpa bridge,
by crossriverwatch admin A new chapter was opened in the leadership history of the Rotaract club of Calabar, University of Calabar (ROTA-UNICAL) as the club installed her first female president recently. The humanitarian club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calabar installed a female as president after 28 years of existence as a chattered club.
by crossriverwatch admin Chairman of Abi Local government Council Hon Mrs Edith Amadi has asserted that the only way to safeguard the future of a child was by immunization, maintaining that it was every child’s right. Hon Amadi made the assertion while flagging off the 2014 first round of Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) for children
by crossriverwatch admin The fuel scarcity which started in Cross River State in the last week of February is persisting and is biting even harder as very few filling stations are dispensing the product to motorists. Calabar, the state capital is the most hit as the product is only available in the black market where
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has ordered former Abi Council Chairmen who have presided over the affairs of the council during the past three tenures, Mr Eko Atu, Mr Frank Etta, Mr Chucks Agube along with the current Chairman Edith Amadi to appear before the plenary session of the House.