By Patrick Obia, Ololo Kelvin And Godwin Otang Students of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Calabar campus, on Monday, 3rd February, 2020 staged a peaceful protest against the school management’s suspension of Students Union Government (SUG) and other union activities in the institution. The protest which was spearheaded by students leaders, moved from one
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Philip Agbebia Agba, a sibling of Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist facing charges of terrorism and cybercrime has died at the age of 34. And, Jalingo who has spent 163 days away from his family since his arrest on August 22, 2019 is “distraught with grief,” a statement issued by CrossRiverWatch on
By Ovatitomi Ibingha The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has made a request to the Cross River Microfinance Bank under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (2011) of Nigeria. The body of journalists asked that the bank should furnish it with details of the 500m Naira approved by Governor Ben Ayade for floating
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Police Force, Cross River State Command has called on members of the public to come identify and collect their properties or loose them. The Command through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo in a release in Calabar urged claimers/owners to present original documents for verification and collection between January
By Agency Reporter Cross River State Government says plans are underway to re-launch the State owned Radio/Television broadcasting station, Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC to bring it up to speed to meet contemporary trends in the industry. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Asu Okang, disclosed this in Calabar, during an on-the-spot inspection of facilities
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar has admitted a lawyer and critic of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State charged with terrorism to bail. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda said the defendant had shown “exceptional circumstances” to permit the Court to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some Magistrates of the Cross River State Judiciary currently serving in various Magisterial districts across the State have sued Governor Ben Ayade alleging non-payment of salaries and wrongful removal of their names from Government payroll. The Court papers exclusively obtained by CrossRiverWatch show that the case is before the National Industrial Court
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has lost another three students to death within two weeks, it recently lost two (Sharon and Nelson) to accident. They drowned over the weekend in Abakpa river, Ogoja Local Government Area while taking their bath. An eyewitness, Andrew Inyambe told Paradise News that he could only