By Ushang Ewa No fewer than 150 people are currently in detention at various holding cells in Calabar, the Cross River State capital following a massive search and arrest streak by security agencies lasting 5 days now findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The raids began Saturday, a source in ‘Operation Skolombo’ said and has since continued
By Jonathan Ugbal The Enyimba international football club of Aba Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital beat El-Kanemi warriors 4-0 in week 26 of the Nigeria Professional Football League. This is the highest win margin recorded in the season for the seven time league champions who currently play home games at the U.J
By Ushang Ewa The design for the completion of the Oron-Calabar axis (section 5) of the East-West road has commenced by the contractors handling the project. Vanguard reports that the contractors; Amana Consortium Limited and Etteh Aro and partners met with traditional rulers in Oron and Calabar to solicit their support during the execution of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Following the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the 260km Cross River Superhighway, Governor Ben Ayade has directed that all contractors handling the project should return to site within the next one week. Work on the Superhighway has been stalled following the inability of the state government to get the nod
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Ministry of Environment minutes ago handed the final copy of the approved Environmental Impact Assessment report to the Cross River State government, signaling what the governor said will be immediate return to site to commence work. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bukar Hassan, handed the approved EIA report
“I have since found out that public service is boring, lethargic, dull, retrogressive and pathogically corrupt.” -Chief Okoi Obono Obla, Special Assistant, Prosecution to President Buhari. Chief Okoi Obono Obla is one man I regard till today as the greatest contemporary activist from Cross River state. He is one of the pillars behind the success
By Peter Inyali i Former Cross River State Security Adviser, Dr Young Eta on Monday survived a suspected assassination attempt in his Diamond Hill home in Calabar. Eta who served as a State Security Adviser between 1999-2003 under former governor Donald Duke is a retired operative of Department of State Security Services (DSS). Narrating his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Last year, I wrote a similar treatise on the incessant strike actions by organized labor in Cross River State and more than a year after my perspective on the issue, nothing has changed. Last week, labor leaders in Cross River State called workers of the state government out on a strike action