by crossriverwatch admin Few weeks after the Nigeria Meteorological Agency NIMET warned about excessive rainfall that may lead to flooding in parts of Cross River and some other States, the people of Calabar woke up this morning, Monday to meet flooded streets resulting from early morning torrential downpour. The rains which commenced around 5:30am on
by crossriverwatch admin As part of the civil service reform program of the Imoke administration, the governor said the best legacy he we wants to leave behind in the Cross River State civil service is to encourage merit. In his sermon-like message during the 2013 Civil Service Day celebration at the cultural center Calabar recently,
by crossriverwatch admin Modalities have been concluded for University of Calabar (UNICAL) to commence courses in Engineering and Pharmacy to meet the critical needs of the state and the country in those departments. Pro-chancellor and Chairman, UNICAL Governing Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this when the council paid a courtesy call on Governor Liyel Imoke
by crossriverwatch admin The first Nigeria oil and gas park will soon be launched in Cross River with the expectation of providing local contents employment to the people of Cross River State. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engineer Ernest Nwapa, disclosed this when he led his team to request for 20
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State has become the preferred investment destination in Nigeria with Private investment portfolio currently in excess of 2 billion Dollars which has generated employment for hundreds of people in the State. Mr. Gerald Ada, the Special Adviser to Senator Liyel Imoke on Investment Promotion who made the revelation in Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Bassey Otu, representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has declared that the State has an enviable history of occupying top positions in the affairs of Nigeria and therefore its present predicament occasioned by the removal of oil money from its share of national allocation has been turned into
by crossriverwatch admin Edward Ushie, the so called Leader of the Klux Klu Klan in Obudu Local Government in Northern Cross River State which in the past three weeks have been engaged in a supremacy conflict with the Vikings Confraternity was during the week arrested by police. Edward who was arrested along with his second
by crossriverwatch admin The Police in Calabar yesterday detained Corporal Irene Ani who was on June 16th brutalized by the Chief Whip of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Uduak Akiba, for “talking to the Press”. Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly who represents Calabar Municipality