By Jonathan Ugbal Less than 24 hours after the Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Mr. Martin Orim was attacked by gunmen at Biase axis of the Ikom – Calabar highway, a Senior Police Officer in the State Command, Essien Efoli suffered the same fate. Efoli, a Chief Superintendent of Police,
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch says gunmen attacked the convoy of Chief Martin Orim, the Chief of Staff to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Biase axis of the Ikom – Calabar highway which has seen increasing attacks by armed kidnappers in the past six months.
Dear Esteemed Listeners, We regret to inform you that the 339th Episode of your favorite weekend topical issues program – The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo will not air as usual from 6:15 to 7:00 PM today, Sunday, February 12, 2023. This is due to the mandate issued to our partner, Hit 95.9 FM, to join
By Patrick Obia Connected Development (CODE), a Pan-Africa non-profit-making organization with a mission to empower grassroots communities in Africa with information and hold government accountable, has ended its one-day citizens-led campaign on social accountability, and implementation workshop in Calabar, Cross River State. The workshop which is phase 2 of “The Power of Voices Partnership (PVP)”
By Agency Reporter The attention of the Cross River State Government has cleared the air on the recent killing of a UNICROSS student. The State Government in a press release maintained that the report circulating around is misleading, thus painting authorities in a bad light. The release signed by Dr. Alfred Mboto, Permanent Secretary of
By Theophilus Adedokun, The ICIR The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the closure of universities across the country for three weeks to enable students to exercise their franchise in the February 25 and March 11 elections. According to a letter addressed to the vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centers, the NUC
By Ogar Monday A former Custodial Officer of the Nigeria Correctional Center, Ikom, Central Cross River, ACC Peter Ahange has bowed out of active service with a ceremonial court session held in his honor. The session, which was held at Ikom Magistrate court 3, in Ikom allowed the officer to perform his last duty in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A six-classroom block in Community Secondary School Bumaji, Boki LGA of Cross River State has collapsed. The building collapsed on Monday, February 6 2023 at about 4 pm while students were having evening games in the school. A source told CrossRiverWatch that no student or staff of the school was affected, calling