By Jonathan Ugbal Gangstars may be having a smooth ride in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State due to negligence from law enforcement agencies and the military CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Obudu has been hit with series of kidnappings, armed robbery attacks and gangsterism which though have declined in recent months, still reeks
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Dr. Linda Ayade, the wife of the Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says she is ready to tackle the issues of child abuse and molestation in the state “head-on.” Mrs. Ayade took to her Facebook page to reiterate her resolve moments ago where she said that the statistics
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Over the past few days, I have listened to several conversations focused on the Not Too Young To Run Bill recently passed by the National Assembly as part of the amendment to the constitution. This bill seeks to ensure that young people have a chance to use the best times of their
By Jonathan Ugbal The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have breached some rules in its last Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Cross River State CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. The CVR was carried out in all 18 local government headquarters excluding Bakassi which has seen its headquarters shut for an undisclosed time with Obudu, the hometown
By Jonathan Ugbal The federal government has handed over the over 700 reptiles impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state. The NCS had on July 26, 2017 impounded 140 snakes and 600 other reptiles including hairy spiders, frogs, geckos
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that opening a website in 2017 is reverse engineering. Watch Video The Speaker made this assertion while responding to a question from an attendee at the 3rd Dialogue With Agba Jalingo Townhall Meeting held at the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I am particularly impressed with the good job my kind and intelligent brother and friend Mr. Agba Jalingo is doing. So, when I got his invitation to attend ‘The Dialogue with Agba Jalingo , even against myriad of issues that demanded my attention I was determined to steal some hours to attend
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There has been a rash of toxic material pouring freely into the social media like August rainfall in Calabar. The astonishing rapidity and regularity of this literary genre is surprising even to the casual onlooker and raises fresh questions as to the raison d’etre for this season of hate, and envy, and