By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon will arrive in Calabar, Cross River State capital tomorrow, Monday 21 August 2023. The ad-hoc committee members are the NBA’s 1st
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has organized a mop-up exercise for staff that missed the just-concluded State Civil Service and Unified Local Government Service Audit/Verification. This was contained in a press release signed by Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
By Jonathan Ugbal Ferdinand Afor, a teenager was on Wednesday evening shot dead by a hunter in the forests of Wula in Boki Local Government Area of central Cross River State. Afor, 17, and his friends were said to have pitched a tent with some hunters to gather wild ukazi leaf (gnetum africanum) for sale
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The recent allegations of sexual harassment levelled on the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law in the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon has ignited a nationwide conversation on how to deal with sex predators in academic settings. Speakers on an X (formerly Twitter) Space on Friday hosted by CrossRiverWatch discussing
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government has issued a final warning to kidnappers and other criminal elements. The State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu took to his Facebook page and read the riot act. It reads in parts “It is with a high sense of responsibility and concern for the security
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River’s foremost investigative media outfit, CrossRiverWatch is set to convene a Twitter space over increasing issues of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions in the State. The Twitter space is scheduled for Friday 18th of August, 2023, from 3:00PM – 415PM. According to the Managing Editor of the dogged media house, Comrade
By Sylvia Akpan An unknown mother has dumped her infant child in a refuse dump in Calabar, Cross River State. In the wee hours of Wednesday, August 16, an unknown baby was found dead by the dustbin at Palm Street by Atakpa close to Pin Margaret Commercial School, Calabar South LGA. The baby whose gender
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed Mr. Charles Atu as Director General of the State Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau. The confirmation came after the screening process conducted by the House Committee on Judiciary, led by its Chairman, Hon. Davies Ettah. The appointment of Mr. Atu follows the