by crossriverwatch admin What could have been a bloody communal clash between the people of Ediba and Usumutong in Abi Local Government Area was averted on Monday by the combined effort and quick intervention of the Police, the Cross River State Security Adviser and the Chairman of Abi local government. Crossriverwatch gathered that an Usumutong
by crossriverwatch admin The preparation of the Cross River State Government for the non-oil sector economy has started yielding results with the latest being the discovery of Rutile metal in the state. Rutile is a precious metal resource that has huge commercial value and is used as pigment in paint production, water proof agents, as
by crossriverwatch admin The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC have formally acknowledged receipt of the Petition titled “Petition For the Investigation of Mr. Vincent Aqua (MON) Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency and the Cross River State Emergency Relief Management Committee respectively for diversion of relief materials and
by crossriverwatch admin Human Rights Lawyer and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Barrister Obono Obla has called on the Cross River State government to take concrete steps to avoid another round of flooding in the state and waiting to receive relief materials from donor agencies . Obla spoke on the heels of
by crossriverwatch admin Opposition political parties in Cross River State are at loggerheads over what position to take in the protracted wait for the return of the ailing governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties CNPP which is supposed to be the umbrella body of all the opposition parties,
by Vanguard 27 years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Although there were different versions as to how the late Chief
by crossriverwatch admin In the massive shake-up and re-deployments that hit the police last week, the new Commissioner of Police, in charge of the Cross River State Command, Mr. Kola Sodipo resumed work today in Calabar. Mr. Sodipo who until his new posting was the commissioner in-charge of Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos, arrived Margaret Ekpo
by crossriverwatch admin An eighteen member delegation of executive members of the ruling People Democratic Party PDP, led by the chairman of the party in the state, Ntufam John Okon, last week went on a consultation meeting, with members of the national assembly caucus, which a federal lawmaker from the state has described as “more