By Odey Ojeka The two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the central senatorial district of Cross River State led by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani and the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla have mended fences. The duo announced the reconciliation process at a meeting
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Barrister Mary Ekpere as the Director General of the National Women Development Center in Abuja. Barrister Ekpere’s appointment which was announced along side 22 other federal parastatals makes her the 7th Cross Riverian to be appointed by the Buhari administration. The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ibas,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin His Holiness, Pope Francis has on Sunday April 9, appointed as Bishop of Ogoja Diocese, Rev. Fr. Donatus Edet Akpan. Father Akpan, is presently the parish priest of Holy Rosary Church, Wuse Abuja Archdiocese. A statement from the Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Father Ralph Madu say, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall of the UJ Esuene stadium in Calabar, awarded by the Imoke administration for the construction of the facility to host the controversial National Sports Festival, collapsed yesterday costing the state $14million (2.2billion Naira). The collapse of the facility has returned to the fore, questions about the propriety
By Aplefe Ojong A ghastly auto accident along the Ikom – Ogoja Highway may have claimed the lives of the occupants. The accident which happened overnight saw the badly damaged vehicle somersault from the road into the nearby bush. A staff of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA who stopped to check what happened at
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s Chief Justice (CJN) Walter Onnoghen has dismissed insinuations that there is a gang up by the country’s judicial arm of government against the executive or any arm of government to frustrate its policy especially the anti-graft war. The President, Muhammadu Buhari upon resumption of office in May 2015, promised to tackle
By Jonathan Ugbal The senator representing Cross River North senatorial district, Rose Oko has announced her plans to donate educational materials worth NGN185 million to schools in Bekwarra, Obanliku, Obudu, Ogoja and Yala local government areas of northern Cross River state. This will aid give the young students qualitative education with the necessary materials so
By Ushang Ewa The Chairman of the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CRSUBEB), Dr. Stephen Odey Thursday said the board discovered 734 teachers with fake National Certificate on Education (NCE) certificates in its 2 months long verification exercise. “At the end of the exercise, I can inform you that we discovered over 734