by crossriverwatch admin A thirty year old man, whose name was simply given as Rowland is now in police custody in Calabar while awaiting trial for allegedly raping a thirteen year old girl, Miss Mary (surname withheld) over the weekend. The distraught girl who reported the incident to the police at Akim Police Division which
by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba on Monday presented award letters to forty two additional beneficiaries of his annual scholarship scheme to undergraduates and post graduate students. Speaking at the presentation, Senator Ndoma Egba said the scholarship programme is to develop young men and women who are the true resource of the
by crossriverwatch admin On November 1st 1995, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, NCMM submitted to World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a proposal for the listing and declaration of the Oban Hills as a World Heritage Site. 17 years after, the desires of the NCMM and
by crossriverwatch admin A civil society organisation and child’s rights group in Cross River, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative has demanded the sack of the Cross River State Commissioner for Social Welfare and Community Development, Mrs. Patricia Endeley for negligence of her duty. In a petition signed by James Ibor, Esq to the Executive Governor of
by crossriverwatch admin Elder Enebedum Ekedife is a native of Nobi in far away Anambra State, some three hundred kilometers from Calabar the Cross River State capital. For the past three years, both of his eyes have been plagued with problems which have made him completely blind since mid 2012. If he needed to eat
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Head of Service, HOS, Mrs. Mary-Theresa Ikwen has emphasized the need to acquire planning and research skills to improve productivity in the civil and public service. She stated this in Calabar while declaring open a 3-day workshop on Data Management and Analysis for Planning Research and Statistics. The
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government through its development agency, Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA) in collaboration with the Bank of Agriculture, has set aside N400 million for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s). Speaking at the cheques presentation ceremony to beneficiaries of the scheme in Calabar yesterday, the state Governor, Senator
by crossriverwatch admin Seventeen people are still missing even as one thousand nine hundred refuges are camped in very squalid condition at the St. Mark Primary School, Eyo Edem in Akpabuyo local Government Area of Cross River State. Senator Florence Ita Giwa who visited the refugee camp which has witnessed three births on Tuesday to