by crossriverwatch admin Contrary to initial threats to disrupt work should the November 1 dateline for handing over to the new management go on without payment of their entitlements, the management and other workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Calabar District on Friday went about their normal duties. Correspondents, who visited the
by crossriverwatch admin Undoubtedly I am a poor and pathetic sleeper. I don’t know why I am such a pathetic sleeper but something tells me it is a trait I genetically inherited from my mother. When we newly married my wife used to rebuke me when I would arouse at about 1a.m. to tune to
by crossriverwatch admin The son of a senior staff of the Fire and Safety Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN was amongst three secondary school pupils that were arrested yesterday October 31, 2013 by Police men from the Calabar Airport division. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Jesam Ikpi along with two of his friends,
by crossriverwatch admin Seven elders of the Creek Town Community on Thursday warned kidnappers who on the 11th of October 2013 invaded the village to kidnap the father of Mr. Efiok Cobham, the Cross River State Deputy Governor to steer clear of their community. The elders led by Chief Thomas Mkpang said the kidnappers who
by crossriverwatch admin Ugandan mountain runners have thrown down the gauntlet for the rest of the world and African nations coming to Nigeria for the 9th Obudu International Mountain Race and the fifth African Mountain Running Championships holding at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State on Saturday, November 23. The Ugandans, twice
by crossriverwatch admin A magistrate court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a 24 year old man, Obot Silas, to six months in jail with hard labor for parading himself as a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He was charged with operating a fraudulent employment syndicate and falsely presenting himself as
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 27 old man, Okon Ntiedo John who has been posing as a State Security Service operative and defrauding unsuspecting victims. Ntiedo is alleged to have defrauded unemployed youths from Akwa Ibom and Cross River state of sums amounting to over N3.5million Naira which
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has flagged off the construction of a 105-bed Calabar Specialist Hospital which is billed for commissioning in March 2015. Located within Summit Hills, Imoke disclosed it is the realization of the state’s dream to provide first-class, world standard health care to Cross Riverians right across