by crossriverwatch admin Lawmakers from from the oil-rich Cross Rivers led by their Speaker, Rt Hon. Larry Okori Odey are currently junketing across cities in the United States for lessons on American farming. The legislators have visited Atlanta, Chicago and are currently relaxing in the U.S Capitol, in Washington, DC. According to sources, the trip
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has advised people living in low land and other vulnerable areas to flooding to be wary of the increasing rainfall and its attendant flooding that could culminate in destruction of lives and property. The Director-General, Mr. Vincent Aquah who was speaking while assessing
by crossriverwatch admin Bassey Ekpo Efiok , the son of ex-post Master General of Nigeria , Etubom Ekpenyong Efiok has been arrested by the police in Calabar for raping 7 Year old girl, (name withheld) whose father is a tenant in the Efiok’s house. The incident, according to Patrick Eyo Ita, father of the victim,
by crossriverwatch Admin A one month entrepreneurship and vocational education for selected technical and science colleges across the six goe political zones has ended in calabar the cross river state capital with a call to states and local governments to embrace vocational training in all secondary schools.. Minister of Education Professor Rufai made the call
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigerian civil service which was painstakingly built since 1934 took the General Ibrahim Babangida administration only eight years to destroy through the Structural Adjustment Program which lasted from 1986 to 1994. Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor gave this reminder in Calabar on Monday while making a keynote speech
by crossriverwatch admin The United Cement Company of Nigeria over the weekend unveiled a solar-powered borehole constructed at the cost of N2.6m for Akwa Ikot Effanga community in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Managing Director of UniCem, Mr. Olivier Lenoir, said the project was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility
by crossriverwatch admin Jukun are an ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. The Jukun are traditionally located in Taraba, Benue, Nassarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, and Gombe states in Nigeria and parts of north western Cameroon. They are descendants of the people of the Kwararafa kingdom. Most of the tribes in the north central of
by crossriverwatch admin The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V has said that several unfulfilled promises by the federal government on the dredging of the Calabar waterway, and which by extension should lead to improved economic activities in the Calabar port, was giving him sleepless night. The Monarch, who made the remarks in