By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Edema Irom, says the State will use agriculture as one of its springboards to empower women as part of deliberate measures to alleviate poverty. The Commissioner disclosed this during the 2023 Apiapum New Yam Festivals, held at Apiapum, Obubra Local Government
By Jonathan Ugbal The death toll in the conflict between the Ijiegu-Yache community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State and the Mbaaka community of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State has climbed to at least eight. This follows the gruesome murder of two children yesterday. The root cause of the war
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Two communities in Yala Local Government Area of northern Cross River State, Ugaga and Igbekurekor are currently at war with each other, information reaching CrossRiverWatch shows. The conflict started last weekend, Tim Ugaga Esq, the President of the Ugaga Family Union, says. “It is about land and boundaries. It is unfortunate that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police has arrived at a scene where a mob had gathered to lynch two after one man, unnamed, claimed his penis and testicles disappeared. The incident occurred moments ago at the roundabout linking Akai Effa (MCC Road) with the GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan bypass road in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching our newsroom has it that minutes ago a crisis broke out between two Yala communities in Cross River State. A native of one of the communities reached out to our newsroom. The communities fighting are Benekaba and Ujama, Ukelle South. Four persons were shot and are in critical condition in
By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River State Government has announced general sanitation in all markets in Calabar. The announcement is contained in a press release signed by the State Commissioner for Environment, Honorable Moses Osogi, notifying all market leaders, traders, and the general public of the cleanup. He said the sanitation in all
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has ordered the reopening of the Marina Resort which was shut down over a cruise boat mishap on June 24, 2023, that involved 14 medical students with three feared dead and 11 rescued. In another development, he also lifted the ban
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Suspended Law Faculty Dean of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof Cyril Ndifon has sued the Institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi for character defamation and alleged sponsorship of protest against him just because she wanted him out from the position of Dean. In Suit No: NICN/CA/ 42/ 2023 between