by crossriverwatch admin Lawyer and Civil Rights Activist, Bar. Obono Obla has successfully obtained the details of financial allocations to the eighteen local government areas of Cross River State from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Abuja. It will be recalled that in a letter dated November 9, 2012 and addressed to
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government and the United African Company of Nigeria Property Development Company have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction and development of 284 housing units to be known as Golf Estate. The construction of the housing units, which will be done in two phases, is expected to be
by PM News A transport operator has committed suicide over a debt he owed a local thrift association. The transporter, Gabriel Agochi, who resided in Agiga in Ogoja, Cross River State, P.M.NEWS gathered, committed suicide when he could not repay the N800,000 he collected from Agiga Ususu Association for his transport business. On the fateful
by crossriverwatch admin The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Efiok Cobham has assured members of the Nigeria/Cameroun Joint Boundary Committee of the cooperation of the Imoke’s administration to enable them carry out their assignment without hitches. The Deputy Governor, who received a delegation of members of the committee in the EXCO Chambers on
by Vanguard A Newspaper Vendor, Monday Francis, was clubbed to death in Calabar on Thursday at a drinking joint near his house. The deceased had gone to the local drinking parlour to take some shots of local gin (Ogogoro) but later had a disagreement with one of his neighbours whose name was given as Eno
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than thirteen persons have lost their lives while 34 suffered different degrees of injuries as a result of the recent flood that ravaged Cross River State. The Director- General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani Sidi, disclosed this while presenting some relief materials to the people in
by crossriverwatch admin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Cross River State has cleared the air over a petition against 83years old Elder Lawrence Mbeh Agbiji, a chief and Clan Head of Effi Clan in Okuni community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. Mr. Odey Oyama, the Executive Director of Rainforest
by crossriverwatch admin Following protests embarked upon by the displaced people of Bakassi on Wednesday and Thursday, the Joint Technical Team, comprising the United Nations, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials, have announced the suspension of the demarcation of the maritime boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon. Meanwhile, the presence of three ships with Cameroonian gendarmes at the