By Our Reporter The Canaan Table Tennis club will be returning home as second best in Africa after losing to Al Ahly Table Tennis club of Egypt earlier on Friday. The Chairman of the Calabar Sports Club, Orok Duke in a short statement to CrossRiverWatch said that the Canaan Table Tennis Club lost to the
By Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s acting President; Yemi Osinbajo has re-appointed Dr. Joseph Okegbe as the Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Calabar. Okegbe is nearing the end of his first tenure and joins four others whose re-appointments were approved by Osinbajo, a letter signed by his (Osinbajo) deputy chief of staff and addressed to
By Jonathan Ugbal The internally displaced persons (IDPs) at Comprehensive Secondary School, Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem in Akpabuyo Local Council has called on the Federal Government to investigate the N38 billion that accrued to Cross River State following its loss of 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom in 2012. The Guardian reports that inmates also
By Bassey Bassey One person Jude Iroh Junior suspected to be a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity (SVC) was shot dead Thursday in Ugep, Yakurr local government area by members of the Black Axe Confraternity following a confrontation at the palace of the Obol Lopon Of Ugep. Jude is a nephew of Barrister Okoi
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigeria Police Force has said arrangements to prosecute the suspected killer of 20 year old undergraduate, Joy Odama a 200 level Mass Communication student of the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) have been concluded. Odama who hails from Yala local government area in northern Cross River State was allegedly
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria football international, Ahmed Musa is set to marry a Cross RIverian, Juliet Ejue tomorrow in Ogoja local government area of Cross River State. The pacey Leicester City football club of England forward is currently in Idum Mbube community in Ogoja located more than 300 kilometers north of Calabar, the Cross River
By Our Reporter The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has expressed concern over the blockage of its Calabar office resulting from construction works at a site in Diamond Hill allegedly grabbed by Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to build his private residence. The site is located behind the Hope Waddel institute and the former
By Jonathan Ugbal A 6 weeks old baby, Akpong Nolan Kishati-Unimye currently needs USD10,000 or its Naira equivalent of NGN3,152,500 (Thursday official rate at NGN315.25) and NGN3,680,000 at the parallel market NGN368 per dollar). Little Nolan, male was diagnosed of “Transposition of great arteries,” a life threatening heart disease commonly reffered to as TGA after