For eight years running, Cross River State has become a symbol and a reference point for all that is noble, including peace and security. In fact, the state was not too long ago rated as the most peaceful in the country by the nation’s police high command based on the fact that it had the
By Raymond Ekemini The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. James Epoke, has approved a total sum of seventeen million, Four hundred and fifty thousand (17,450,000) as the student union government budget for the 2014/2015 academic session. The approved budget, a copy of which was made available to CrossRiverWatch, is jointly signed by
By Aplefe Ojong The Federal High Court 6 sitting in Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Adetokunbo Ademola (Jr.) on Friday March 20, 2015 declined jurisdiction in a case filed by Joe Agi (SAN) against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the April
By Aplefe Ojong Exactly 70 days to May 29, 2015 when Senator Liyel Imoke is expected to pack his luggage out of the Governor’s Office calabar, it is becoming clear that the Abi born politician is set to add to his mountains of problems and equally try out the very route which his predecessors ventured
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Paramount Ruler of Yakurr Local Government, Obol Lopon Ojong Inah has been confirmed dead by sources in Ugep. The highly revered monarch who is thought to have died in the early hours of this morning has been ailing for sometime. A source who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said it was traditional not
By CrossRiverWatch admin Generational Voices (GenVoices) is partnering with British Council and Enough is Enough (EiE) to deliver a Citizens’ Debate on the upcoming elections in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This will be facilitated through GenVoices’ conversational platform called Gentalks. This builds on the extensive work that GenVoices and its partners have done
By Archibong Jeremiah The newly reintroduced stop and search operation by the Police in Cross River State has returned with its attendant challenge of extortion by policemen at different check points that they have erected around Calabar and environs. It will be recalled that in a recent courtesy call to the State Governor’s office, the
By Our Editorial Team The rescheduled General Elections are fixed for March 28th and April 11, 2015 throughout the country. The Presidential and National Assembly elections are billed to come up first on 28th of this month. In Cross River state, the various candidates who are flying the flags of their respective political parties in