By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Adviser on Security to the Obudu Local Government Council, Mr. Patrick ‘Spokesman’ recently accused the Divisional Police Officer in the council of collecting bribes in the name of ‘bail’. Spokesman had on July 25, 2016 at 8:06pm in a post on his Facebook wall alleged that the police hierarchy in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Again, President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded Okoi Obono-Obla’s name to the senate as a nominee for the position of non-executive commissioner representing the south-south geo-political zone in the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) Tuesday in Abuja. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
By Our Correspondent Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch suggest that over 3,000 people have been displaced in the most recent communal clash in Cross River State involving communities in Busi, Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the internally displaced people (IDPs) are natives of Busi 4 and fled their community
By Jonathan Ugbal A tech and communication outfit, Etiam Global Concept has likened Cross River State to Silicon Valley in the United States, the world’s most advanced and largest communications technology village. The managing director of the company, Mark Anthony disclosed this Thursday during the launch of an over 50million Naira worth smart school computer
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A United States based organization is set to partner the Cross River State government on the promotion of bio-fortified foods says its ambassador and Nollywood veteran actor, Segun Arinze. Harvest Plus international based in Washington D.C Arinze told health commissioner, Inyang Asibong Thursday, will partner the state’s health ministry to hold
By Michael Odah Winners of last month’s election of the Cross River State chapter of the Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Non-Governmental Organizations in Nigeria (AONN), have been sworn in with a call for the body to impact positively on the people they represent. Stella Odey, Cross River women affairs commissioner in her address
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The commissioning of railway projects in Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari while Cross River state is plagued with decayed road infrastructure, insecurity and unemployment is despicable said the South-South Coalition Solidarity Forum, A Civil Society Group Thursday in Calabar. About one hundred members of the group bearing placards
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Panel of inquiry set up by Cross River governor, Ben Ayade to investigate the recurring communal crisis in the state has commenced sitting in Calabar. The panel which has as its chairman, former deputy governor Efiok Cobham was inaugurated by Ayade to find lasting solutions to the issues surrounding communal clashes