By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The fourth estate of the realm like many other disciplines and professions has had its share of ethical challenges with calls from several fora urging journalists to always live above board. The Chairman, of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, Mr. Iwara Iwara, recently stressed the need
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Despite the directive given by the state government for refuse evacuation in Calabar to be carried out between the hours of 11pm and 6am, contractors have continuously disobeyed this with the most recent disruption of traffic for over thirty minutes yesterday. The refuse evacuation truck belonging to “Paconsu Environmental
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission in a bid to contain the rippling effect of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) proliferation has disclosed plans to establish a national database and register for SALWs in her member states. The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security
By Archibong Jeremiah Members of Prevent Abuse of Children (PACT), a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO in Cross River State yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The event which held at Government Secondary School Akim, Calabar featured a drama presentation centered round the 2015 theme: “Accelerating Our
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered that one person has been shot dead and others severely wounded in Obubra local government of Cross River State, in a disagreement over a political appointment promised by a state lawmaker representing the area. The dead man, Mr. Amadi Okpa Ebony, who is a member of a criminal gang,
By Our Correspondent Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, today, dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the present leadership at the center, led by President Muhammadu Buhari appears rather slow on critical national issues. Faulting claims of critics who said the President is yet to hit the ground running, Governor Ayade said the body
By CrossRiverWatch admin Junior staff of Obudu Ranch Resort on Friday chased the General Manager, Mr. Trynos Makiwa out of the resort and prevented him from resuming work as he was returning from a long holiday. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the workers are angry with the Zimbabwean over the non payment of their salaries for the
By CrossRiverWatch admin in Germany In his irrepressible desire to see through his signature projects, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today signed the quality control deal for the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu super highway which the governor has proposed as one of his signature projects in his first tenure. The deal which was signed