by crossriverwatch admin Relief materials worth millions of Naira have been distributed to victims of the May 18, 2013 windstorm disaster which swept across some Northern and Central Senatorial Districts of Cross River State. According to the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, over 4 thousand residential buildings and public infrastructure were damaged displacing about 9,000
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Ben Ayade, the Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State has facilitated scholarships for Senior Secondary School students in both the sciences and technical education in his constituency for the 2013/ 2014 academic session. Accordingly, the Senator is requesting youths from the five local government areas of the
by crossriverwatch admin Recently, the Managing Director of Tinapa Business Resorts Limited, Architect Bassey Ndem while briefing journalists in Calabar painted a gleeful picture about business activity in the place popularly referred to as Africa’s Premier Business and Tourism Resort. However, barely a week after Tinapa played host to over 9,000 lawyers who descended on
by crossriverwatch admin Renovation work on the sprawling edifice of the Nigerian Chronicle, the official tabloid of the Cross River State government has been abandoned turning the place to a risky eyesore for both journalists and other staff of the paper. The Nigerian Chronicle, with a weekly run print of about 2000 copies, was established
by crossriverwatch admin A Lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs. Ngala Norgu Julia has been arrested by men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service for allegedly being in possession of a one week old baby girl which she claims she was delivered of by a herbalist at Okitipupa, Ondo State. Mr. Samuel
by crossriverwatch admin The National Association of Efik Eburutu Students’ World Wide recently inaugurated its executive council to pilot the affairs of the union for the 2013/2014 academic session. The inauguration ceremony which held at Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar campus was chaired by Comrade Emmanuel Asuquo, emeritus president, National Association
by crossriverwatch admin Recently, students of Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa had a burial procession for exam malpractice within the college community. The students led by the SUG president, Comrade Etta, Pascal Christopher, the Dean of students’ Affair, Mr. Okoi, Utum Ina (SNR) and Mr. Castro Ezama witnessed massive turnout by students. The
by crossriverwatch admin A member of the opposition in Cross River state and former governorship aspirant under the defunct Hope Democratic Party, Dr. Theo Onyuku has expressed appreciation to the Imoke administration for naming the building housing the Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurial Development Center which just opened in Calabar after the late Cross River