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NGO Sues For Open And Participatory Governance, Trains Community Leaders, Public Officials In Calabar

By Patrick Obia Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre in partnership with Oxfam International has ended a “Two-Day Training of Community Leaders on Gender Inclusiveness” in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The training was targeted at getting Government to effectively communicate and demonstrate good leadership in inclusion of community members and those with disabilities

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Suspected Burglar Attempts Burgling ACROJ Secretariat

By Victoria Effiong An unknown suspected burglar attempted breaking into the Secretariat of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) in Calabar, the State capital. The attempt was discovered Monday (July 19, 2021) morning (between 7:30am and 8:30am) when the office attendants resumed for work. Confirming the incident, the Secretary of ACROJ, Comrade Archibong Jeremiah

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Benson Idahosa University Honors Jedy-Agba With Doctorate Degree In Public Administration

By Patrick Obia Cross River born Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Jedy-Agba, on Saturday, bagged a Doctorate Degree in Public Administration. The Honorary Degree conferred on him by the Benson Idahosa University, BIU, Benin City, Edo State during it’s 16th convocation ceremony of the varsity held at the University Legacy campus. In a

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Deforestation: NGO Accuse Government Of Negligence, Dangote Of Massive Logging, Charge Communities To Protect Their Forest

By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River State and some individuals have been accused of turning a blind eye to deforestation and massive illegal wood logging across the State. This was the takeaway from “Combating Drivers of Deforestation in Cross River State; Workshop and Validation of Research Findings,” organized by Center for Social Studies

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Five killed In Ebonyi-Cross River Border Dispute

By Ogochukwu Anioke, The Nation Newspaper Five farmers have been killed in Ali Ugwele, an Ekoli-Edda community in Afikpo South Local Council of Ebonyi State. Sources said they were killed by assailants from neighbouring Erei village in Biasa Local Council of Cross River State. Ekoli-Edda and Erei have been at daggers drawn over the ownership

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Public Notice: Hold Governor Ayade And Franko Responsible, Should Anything Happen To Me – Agba Jalingo

This is a public notice by Citizen Agba Jalingo, Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and Association of Cross River Online Journalists Board of Trustees Chairman. Nigeria’s Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (HRVIC) in its report to President Olusegun Obasanjo in May 2002, recommended the prosecution of General Ibrahim Babangida and two former Intelligence Chiefs for the murder

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Update: Ayade’s Aide On Cocoa Development, Oscar Ofuka Moved To Force CIID Lagos

By Jonathan Ugbal Family members and sources in the Cross River State Police Command say Governor Ben Ayade’s aide on Cocoa Development, Mr. Oscar Ofuka has been moved to Lagos State after spending a night detained in Calabar. This was despite the Police Command saying he had been released following the manner which he was

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How Cocoa Estate, Ayade’s Disagreement With AIG Mbu Led To Oscar Ofuka’s Botched Arrest

By Jonathan Ugbal Following the botched arrest of Oscar Ofuka, Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on cocoa development at the premises of the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation in Calabar on Tuesday, more details have emerged about how ego and flouted agreements led to the heated situation. CrossRiverWatch gathered that the gestapo

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