By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Bakor Nation is today largely misunderstood and appropriated to identify and typify the Ejagham sub-groups of Ikom Local Government Area Constituency II communities and clans, as well as all of Ogoja Local Government Area’s communities and clans besides the Mbube grouping. However, some three to four decades ago or so, the
By Ogar Monday A clergyman, Evangelist Friday Akpan has said that certain events makes one tempted to ask God, just like Habakkuk did; why he allows men to commit evil and get away with. Mr. Akpan made this query while giving the eulogy Saturday when the remains of Derek Maurice Ben, an undergraduate of the
By Aplefe Ojong In what appears like a Christmas gift, 124 new appointees have been announced by governor Ben Ayade of Cross River. A statement obtained from the governor’s office indicate that the governor has approved the 124 names for various appoinments but portfolios will be assigned by 2018. These haul takes the total tally
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A petty trader, unnamed on Friday in Calabar threatened task force staff in the ministry of environment that she will prefer being crushed by a truck than allow the task force take her means of livelihood; a business worth about NGN5,000 only. The mild drama happened at the Oando fuelling station along
By Eba Ishmael Senator John Owan-Enoh has been backed by the Women Impact Network (WIN) to run for a second term in office as the Senator representing the central senatorial district of Cross River State in the National Assembly. Owan-Enoh who was nicknamed “Johnwin” by the association got the backing recently during the commissioning of
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government has said that it is doing all within its power to contain the influx of mentally deranged people and street urchins as well as keeping them away from the streets, social and commercial centers across the state. The Executive Secretary of the Calabar Urban Development Authority, Mr.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government will spend about NGN3 Billion for the 2017 Carnival Calabar and Festivals sources in Government House say. A breakdown of the figure shows that the five competing banks in the Carnival alone will share NGN500 million at NGN100 million apiece as subvention while the Governor’s band also
By Inyali Peter Ahead of the 2019 general elections, former House of Representatives member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency, Mr. Paul Adah has met with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogoja in a bid to clinch the party’s gubernatorial ticket in 2018. Mr. Adah had last weekend announced his intention to contest and