By Ushang Ewa Eight-year-old Bright Joel Udoh stole the show at the grand finale of the maiden Calabar open schools table tennis championship following his performance at the three-day tournament where he emerged top in the primary school’s category. Udoh, a pupil of Prison Primary School Calabar thrashed Victor Ogar of De-Montes Primary School in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The controversy surrounding the 260 km Superhighway proposed by the Cross River State government (CRSG) of Nigeria will not go away. Notably, the bulldozing of forests, farmlands and sundry properties commenced last year without an approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Curiously, the government issued an edict dispossessing individuals and communities of lands
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born entertainer and housemate in the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality TV show Bassey Ekpenyong on Saturday night suckled the breast of fellow housemate, Coco Ice who got evicted Sunday evening. Bassey who entered the house a fortnight ago was nominated for eviction and on Saturday night did not let
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has rebranded its flagship festival, the Carnival Calabar and Festival, giving the event a new identity; African Festival of Arts and Culture. The rebranding is aimed at giving the event a continental perspective as several African countries have indicated interest to be part
By Ogar Monday and Ushang Ewa Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Usani Usani and Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla were two notable absentees as stakeholders of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress met yesterday where the party agreed that issues surrounding the chairmanship position in the state
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Senator representing Cross River Central in the National Assembly, John Enoh has splashed about NGN2.4million on 66 constituents as a form of empowerment on the Alliance in Motion global network. One person was selected from each ward in the senatorial district with sources in the Senator’s camp disclosing that this was
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Assistant to President Buhari on Prosecution, Okoi Obono Obla has accused the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade of misappropriating the bail out funds and the 11 Billion Naira Paris Club refund handed the state by the federal government not long ago. Obla claimed that the bail out funds
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ has condemned the recent arrest of publishers of Nigeria’s foremost investigative journalism portals, SaharaReporters and PremiumTimes by security agents. Omoyele Sowore Publisher of SaharaReporters and Dapo Olorunyomi were both arrested recently by security agents for doing their jobs. A statement from the association signed