By Patrick Obia The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, have said that the short power outage being experienced in some part of Calabar is as a result of a faulty breaker that had a cumulative effect on the relays of 4 No. 11kv feeders. This was made known in a press release signed by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A yet to be identified student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has just been shot dead. The incident took place at the Old Engineering faculty. As at the time of filing this report, his corpse was still lying there. It is yet unclear what issues led
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Internal Revenue Service plans to purchase 50 motorcycles for the sum of N10.8 million. The service also plans to buy seven units of five horsepower Yamaha speed boats at N8 million. To fund this, the service plans to generate N17.4 billion as revenue from earnings, sales, fines, fees,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The African Action Congress AAC in Cross River state is dismayed by reports of ongoing communal crises in Cross River state and the mindless absence of the “Father of the State”, Governor Ben Ayade, who is reported by the media to be away in Europe. Yesterday, the entire local and national media
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River state governor, Senator Ben Ayade has warmed warring communities in the state to sheath their swords or face the wrath of government. The governor described as unacceptable, the renewed hostilities in Abi local government area of the state. The warning is contained in a release signed by Mr.Christian Ita, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nation newspaper is reporting that at least two persons are feared dead in renewed hostilities between Usumutong and Ebom communities in Abi local government area in central Cross River State. The village head of Ebom, Chief Sunday Obite, today Sunday alleged that a father and son were killed and beheaded by
By Patrick Obia A man (name not known) was set ablaze and burnt to death for allegedly stealing the sum of four thousand naira in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday, 13th July 2019, at Ikot Effanga by Army junction Calabar, where the victim was said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Determined to bring back the glorious days when agriculture was the main stabilizing sector and stay of the defunct Eastern Region and Nigeria as a whole, modalities are in top gear by the Cross River Government to establish Farm Settlements in the state. To this end the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade,