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
by crossriverwatch admin The Police in Cross River State have denied allegations that prime suspects in the alleged murder of Mrs. Helen Ilonge, the Primary Health Care Coordinator in Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State have been freed after paying two hundred thousand Naira each. Mrs. Ilonge, a widow and mother of five
by crossriverwatch admin Reports just reaching crossriverwatch from Abi Local Government say the Cross River State School of Nursing in Governor Imoke’s hometown, Itigidi, has lost its accreditation and has consequently been shut down by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria on account of poor standards and lack of facilities. Crossriverwatch will bring you
by crossriverwatch admin Demonstration by the people of Bakassi against the demarcation of the maritime boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon in respect of the Bakassi peninsula is going on now at Ikang, Akpabuyo Local Government Council where the Joint Technical Team comprising United Nations, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials have stopped over to pay a courtesy
by crossriverwatch Crossriverwatch can authoritatively report that a joint team of representatives of the United Nations, Nigeria and Cameroon have arrived Calabar in preparation for the demarcation of the Nigeria-Cameroon maritime boundary in line with the judgment of the International Court of Justice which ceded the oil rich peninsula to Cameroon. Crossriverwatch gathered that the
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Deputy Governor, Barrister Effiok Cobham was booed at the public hearing organized by the Senate on the review of the 1999 constitution in Calabar. The South South Zonal Senate Public Hearing was held on Thursday November 15, 2012 at Mounty Suites in Calabar and was declared open by the
by crossriverwatch admin One of the key areas proposed by the National Assembly in its ongoing effort to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 is the provisions of the Constitution relating to the functions and responsibilities of Local Government Councils in the Country. The functions of a Local Government Councils by