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
by crossriverwatch admin A former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Omang is dead. The former lawmaker who is also an elder statesman in Bekwara politics died this morning a Calabar hospital after a brief illness. While confirming the death of the septuagenarian, former Chairman of Bekwara Local Government and
by crossriverwatch admin The return of Fulani herdsmen to Ntan Obu Community in Odukpani local government area of Cross River State has been generating ripples among the local farmers in the area. Paramount Ruler of Odukpani Local Government Council of Cross River State, H.R.H. Retired Colonel Asakara Ekanem said this while speaking with newsmen on
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State has been picked as one of the states in Nigeria that is desirous of meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target. European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr David Mac stated this at a two-day Policy Dialogue Towards the Development of a State Policy on Donor Coordination in