By Violet Isek Three Children age 13, 11 and 7; victims of witchcraft branding have been rescued by members of Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) in Asabanka, Akpabuyo Local Government of Cross River State. The children branded witches by their parents were locked up in their room for days without food or water until
By Violet Isek The founder of Sahara Reporters and Nigerian Presidential aspirant for the 2019 general elections, Mr. Omoyele Sowore will on Friday May 25, 2018 hold a Town Hall Meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The Town Hall Meeting tagged; “Calabar Town Hall Meeting With Omoyele Sowore” forms part of his activities
By Roland Enya-Forte A former Governor of Cross River State and an aspirant for the post of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Clement Ebri has stated that being a youth doesn’t give one an automatic ticket to leadership. Chief Ebri who spoke recently on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” on
By Obeten Godfrey Sequel to Governor Ayade’s approval to pay and regularize contract staff, the Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL) has commenced payment of salary arrears to 463 of it’s contract staff. The payment was made after a thorough personnel audit exercise conducted by the Board in different parts of the State. While
By Grace Orok and Deborah Obot The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has said that the Calabar Rice Seedling and Seed Manufacturing center popularly referred to as the Rice City will be a major source of revenue for the state. Ayade stated this while taking journalists on a tour of the facility
By Margaret John The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has described late former Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr. Elemi Etowa as an enigma of achievements. The Speaker made the assertion when he led a delegation of the House on a condolence visit to the family of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Youth Economic Summit is holding today at Transcorp hotel Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The summit is aimed at raising funds to train and develop entrepreneurial skills of at least 5,000 youths in the State in Travels and Tourism, Finance, Telecommunication, Agriculture and ICT within intensive 14 days training.
By Jonathan Ugbal The management of FAD 93.1 FM in Calabar has announced its intention to embark on the training of students in the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) on broadcasting skills. The Chief Executive Officer of the broadcasting outfit, Mr. Fidelis Duker disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch shortly after he led a team from