By Christiana Alawa/Archibong Jeremiah The displaced people of Bakassi under the aegis of Bakassi Returnees Efut Obot Ikot, camp 2 have appealed to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Non Governmental Organizations, NGOs and other good spirited individuals to come to their aid as they have been abandoned by the government. Revealing their plight to
By Isaac Mensah Succor came the way of the staff and management of University of Calabar staff primary school recently when members of the National Youth Service Corps serving at the University of Calabar made some donation to the school as part of their Community Development Service (CDS) project to their place of primary assignment.
By Laureta Akpan Further information reaching CrossRiveWatch from the Police Headquarters, Diamond Hill, Calabar have broken down the sequence of events that led to the rounding up of the gang that kidnapped a Lebanese in Calabar and demanded N50million Naira ransom to secure his release. Our source in the police headquarters, who pleaded anonymity told
By Our Correspondent United States President, Barack Obama, has said history showed that a free press remained a critical foundation for prosperous, open, and secure societies, allowing citizens to access information and hold their governments accountable, NAN reports. He said this in a statement issued by the White House in New York on Monday to
By Laureta Akpan CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that Policemen who were involved in the kidnap of a Lebanese national over the weekend have been rounded up by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Calabar and are now detained at the police headquarters, Diamond Hill, Calabar. The unidentified Lebanese was said to have been kidnapped
By Our Correspondent Erstwhile Cross River Commissioner for Works, Mr. Legor Idagbo has applauded the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Leader of the party in the state, Governor Liyel Imoke for the successful conduct of the Ad-hoc Ward delegates congresses in the state. The former commissioner who debunked reports that the
By Christiana Ukung Alawa/Jeremiah Archibong Despite the repeated claims by government at all levels that the people of Bakassi have been resettled and the Cross River State Government position on the issue which now revolves around payment of compensation by the federal government in perpetuity to the state, CrossRiverWatch visited the Bakassi Resettlement Camp at
By Ungwugyan Ado in Abuja/Aplefe Ojong in Calabar Prince Goddy Jedy Agba, Cross River 2015 PDP governorship aspirant has informed CrossRiverWatch in an exclusive chat that he will finally be arriving Calabar on Thursday, November 6, 2014 after a protracted period of absence. The former NNPC boss, while speaking to CrossRiverWatch in his Abuja home