By Sylvia Akpan Atycare Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Cross River State, in a bid to touch the lives of 1,000 pupils in Cross River and beyond, has offered scholarships to ten (10) school children of Calabar Oil Palm Estate Primary School, PAMOL, Akim-Akim of Odukpani LGA. The project – Impact 1,000 School Children
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, on Tuesday 11 January, 2022 swore-in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new President of the State’s Customary Court of Appeal. Also sworn-in were four new High Court Judges and four Customary Court judges. The new four High Court judges are Justice Obo Agbor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin WikkiTimes, an investigative news outlet has knocked the Nigerian Presidency over its statement denying allegations of stealing over a billion naira, through an imaginary streetlight project in Adamawa State. The online media challenged the presidency to prove its investigation wrong by producing contrary evidence to what it unearthed. The story revealed how
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Journalists have been identified as key players in ensuring the negative narrative about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria changes. This was the focus and intent of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Annual Media Dinner organised by GbaramatuVoice Newspapers in Warri, Delta State last week where the guest speakers reminded
There is an odd practice among the Becheve tribe in Cross River State whereby girls, sometimes as young as four years old, are used as collateral for loans their parents obtained from more illustrious kinsmen. Unfortunately, the innocent girls are often turned into sex slaves in addition to performing other chores for which they are
By Asare Asare, Daily Post Newspaper The stream of refugees especially from Cameroon Republic has continued to rise, the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says. So far, there are over 38,000 of them in various settlements in parts of the state, while there are over 70,000 refugees in the country. The Director-General SEMA,
By Victoria Effiong Unless an urgent action is taken, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 500 unit prototype hostel at Cross River State University (UNICROSS) could soon become a disaster. It is a death trap for students living in it. The hostel, awarded in December 2004, was abandoned by Directed Services Limited, a local firm that
By Patrick Obia In 2015, immediately after he was sworn in as the governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, unveiled a plan to build and operate an ultra-modern filling station called Petrocross. The ultra-modern fuel station, according to the governor, was to boost the State’s revenue and transform the State that is hitherto