By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Jedy Agba aura is in the air again in Cross River as elections draw near and it is understandble. He has always been the King of Boys, a sobriquet he earned by his magnetic and kind nature dating way way back. Those who know, say Jedy plans to unseat governor Ayade
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Cross River has stopped the sitting of mobile court in Calabar metropolis. Mr Chidiebere Nkwonta, the newly posted Sector Commander to the state, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Calabar. Nkwonta said that the mobile court would now be sitting at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that the lingering communal crisis between the people of Ofonekom and Izzi, (an Igbo speaking community), in Obubra LGA in central Cross River has erupted again. Residents told our reporter that the renewed communal crisis have been ongoing for the past three days with human lives and properties
By Ogar Monday In a twist of events relating to the diversion of relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi local government of southern Cross River State, a group; Coalition of Bakassi Indigenes, has accused Senator Florence Ita-Giwa of double standards. Ita-Giwa had last week accused members of the People’s Democratic Party of
By Ogar Monday A retired officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Christopher Archibong has been arrested and detained at the Mbukpa Police station for allegedly raping a 9 year old girl in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The mother of the victim, Mrs. Peace Edem Okon said she had gone to the market
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I got a very scurrilous message from one of my governor’s aides last night after “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”, our every Sunday radio program on Hit 95.9FM Calabar. We discussed the worsening spate of kidnappings in Cross River state and what can be done to stem the tide. Some content of
By Ogar Monday A Non-Governmental Organization, Best Minds Initiative (BMI) has begun a Catch Them Young (CTY) outreach program for secondary school students in Cross River State with the aim of tutoring them on personal hygiene and fundamental human rights. Two out of the ten (10) series of event have been organized with students of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly is set to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the shooting of 3 students by security agents in Calabar, the Cross River State capital during this year’s childrens’ day celebration. CrossRiverWatch had reported in May, 2017 that soldiers attached to ‘Operation Skolombo; an anti-crime