by crossriverwatch admin Five persons were reportedly killed following a March 16, 2013 attack on Adadama community in Abi Local Government of Cross River State by hired militants from Ebonyi State making the invasion the sixth in the past three months. The Nigeria Army Brigade Commander in Calabar, Brigadier General O.F. Azinta later led a
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River businessman and politician, KJ Jeddy Agba has dispelled insinuations that the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress, APC was a threat to the ruling People’s Democratic Party saying that the planned merger of leading opposition parties in the country lacked the might to demystify the PDP in coming elections.
by crossriverwatch admin Boki born businessman and politician, Emmanuel Tawo and Ambassador Maurice Ekpang have both been nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan to be part of the country’s high power delegation to witness the enthronement of Rt. Rev. Justin Welby as the 105th Arch bishop of Canterbury on March 21, 2013. The delegation which is
by crossriverwatch admin The Republic of South Korea has indicated its readiness to invest in Cross River State. The indication was given by the Embassy’s Economic Counsellor, Chae Gyo Jeong in Abuja recently when the Special Adviser to governor Imoke on Intergovernmental Relations and Liaison Abuja, Barr. Joe Edet paid a working visit to the
by crossriverwatch admin The time table unveiled by the Cross River State Electoral Commission today Monday, March 18, 2013, show that elections for the chairmen and Councillors positions in the eighteen council areas and the one hundred and ninety-six political wards of the state will hold on Saturday September 21, 2013. Unveiling the timetable for
by crossriverwatch admin In 2010, the World Bank rated Cross River State as one of the leading states in the provision of portable water in Nigeria. Calabar has also maintained an enviable status as one state capital where the taps never run dry and this has been so for close to a decade. Little wonder
by crossriverwatch admin The intense struggle going on among the rank and file of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State for control of the Party took a violent turn this morning, when a group of thugs attacked the provision store and beer parlor belonging to a local
by crossriverwatch admin The veil on the true sponsors of a phantom group, African People’s Congress seeking to stop merging opposition political parties, All Progressives Congress, APC from being registered by INEC was today finally removed, exposing top ruling PDP leaders including a governorship hopeful from Cross River State as the brains behind the fake