by crossriverwatch admin Barely 24 hours after the signing of the Sister-State agreement with the State of Maryland, Cross River may already have began to benefit from the relationship. Yesterday, the state’s delegation made of commissioners of key ministries like Education, Health, Agriculture and ICT were given a tour of the John Hopkins Hospital,
by crossriverwatch admin A Forty one year old Tanker driver identified as Bashiru has been arrested in Calabar for allegedly defiling a two year old girl and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease. The incident happened on Thursday last week in Okom Ita, Akamkpa in the outskirts of Calabar when the two year old
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has spent 500 million Naira to acquire and renovate the DESAM House in Calabar in readiness for the commissioning of the Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Development center for the South South zone located in the city. Speaking in an interview with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar today, Mr.
by crossriverwatch admin by crossriverwatch admin Dr. Mathias Oko Offorboche was a former Deputy Governor in the erstwhile Cross River State between 1979 and 1983 under Dr. Clement Isong. He recently convened a meeting of political stakeholders in the Northern Senatorial District of the state and he spoke to CrossRiverWatch in the light of the
by crossriverwatch admin The State of Maryland in the United States of America and Cross River State, yesterday in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, signed a Sister-State agreement. While Governor Liyel Imoke signed on behalf of Cross River, Governor Martin O’Malley signed on behalf of the State of Maryland. This was just as Governor Imoke
by crossriverwatch admin A 42 year old Cameroonian lady who gave her name as Evelyn Atemkeng was on Wednesday arrested in Calabar with a three day old baby she allegedly bought at the cost of 1.2 million Naira. Mrs. Atemkeng accompanied by her 70 year old mother, Anastasia Fambong was said to have bought the
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government has threatened to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy of Calabar Wood Company, reportedly owned by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. The wood processing company, situated along Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, was said to have been acquired by Tukur several years
by crossriverwatch admin Contrary to media reports that afro beat crooner, Iyanya Mbuk’s pathway to stardom was initially streamlined by former KC Presh group of singers, a television and radio goddess, Diana Mary has hit the center stage with claims that she made the push up that registered the international music star to the limelight.