By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar Thursday, okayed the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to continue investigations into the alleged rape of a 20 year old 400 level law student of the University of Calabar(UNICAL) by the former Dean of the Law faculty, Professor Cyril Ndifon in
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke were among a plethora of dignitaries that thronged Abeokuta, Ogun state Saturday, for the commissioning of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL). The duo were spotted entering the venue at different intervals with CrossRiverWatch gathering they exchanged pleasantries briefly upon sighting each other. Both men,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by their chairman, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state may have commenced a high level lobbying to put the party in shape as the tussle for the leadership of the party heads to the Supreme Court. Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River is
By Jonathan Ugbal and Ikwen Atuaka The planned protest by youths in Obudu over recent kidnappings planned for Friday morning may have been botched due to political pressure on the youth President, Benedict Agba who ‘chickened out’ CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. But Benedict says his intention was to send a warning and a 7 day ultimatum
By Jonathan Ugbal Celestine Omin, a Cross Riverian and software engineer with startup Andela was detained for over 3 hours by border officials at the JFK Airport in New York last week Saturday for not looking like an engineer reports the Cable News Network, CNN. Omin, one of the panelists at the maiden Dialogue With
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has called on the Federal Government to grant amnesty to militants residing in the state. Governor Ayade made this call earlier this week during the commissioning of the Eastern Regional Command Centre of the Nigerian Security Element Project 2 (NICEP), codenamed ‘Falcon Eye’ at the Eastern
By Ushang Ewa The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has accused the Cross River State government of unwillingness to abide by the provisions of the constitution as regarding the proposed 260 kilometres Superhighway. This was contained in a statement by the Director General of the NCF Adeniyi Karunwi which said the government cannot resume work on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a bid to boost education and ensure that children are in school with minimal burden to their parents and guardians, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has distributed 180 million books in Cross River State reports the Guardian. Sylverter Nsa, the commissioner representing the state on the board of the NDDC