By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade has received the 42 sponsored pilgrims by the State Government back from Saudi Arabia after the 32 days Hajj exercise. The pilgrims who were among the last set of South South, South East contingent to depart the King Abdulazeez International Airport, Jeddah landed at
By Ololo Kevin and Patrick Obia It was a solemn Monday as the students of Mass Communication, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) turn out in their numbers to mourn the demise of their Lecturer, Mr. Vincent Mogu. The procession which took off from the department enroute to the school gate and back to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin While the Cross River State House of Assembly was scheduled to reconvene today, Monday, September 16, 2019, Cali Town reports that members of the House have refused to reconvene after a one month recess. We gathered on investigations that the refusal to reconvene is in protest over the non-payment of their statutory finances
By Jonathan Ugbal An Army Corporal, Awotayo Femi attached to 707 Special Force Brigade in Makurdi, Benue state and six others are said to be cooling their feet in detention now after they allegedly killed a Police Inspector, Christopher Achong in Bekwarra local government area on Friday. Police sources say Mr. Achong was on patrol
By Ushang Ewa Amidst growing outcries for the release of the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, an online news portal and activist, Agba Jalingo, the Chief Executive Officer, Young Igbo Empowerment Foundation, Mr Bright Ezeocha has expressed fear that the detained journalist is being persecuted for his stance on corruption. Ezeocha who is also the former President
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has returned to the country after days of absence. Mr. Ayade’s flight from Europe where he was spotted eating chocolate in Italy touched down less than an hour ago at about 4:45PM. He spent over a week out of the State with no one aware of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the reported harassment of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Agba Jalingo was arrested on August 22 in Lagos State before he was moved to Cross River. He has since been charged with criminal offences. Mr. Jalingo
By Our Reporter The remains of an unidentified middle age man was today found in his car in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The corpse of the man who is a taxi driver was found this afternoon at about 2pm inside his car at the highway opposite Mobil petrol station. According to Mr. Eniang