By Jonathan Ugbal The federal government has handed over the over 700 reptiles impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state. The NCS had on July 26, 2017 impounded 140 snakes and 600 other reptiles including hairy spiders, frogs, geckos
By Bassey Bassey A serving female personnel in the Yakurr Division of the Nigeria Police Force, Grace Omini Ibiang on Friday was fined a goat for beating up her mother earlier in the day. Sources say Mrs. Ibiang and her aged mother had a misunderstanding with details not clear as at press time. But, her
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Students of Yakurr origin have joined the fight to end gangstar related activities which have led to unrest in several parts of the local government area. The approach utilized by the students under the aegis of the National Association of Yakurr Students Worldwide (NAYSWW) is reorientation. And as part of activities to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that opening a website in 2017 is reverse engineering. Watch Video The Speaker made this assertion while responding to a question from an attendee at the 3rd Dialogue With Agba Jalingo Townhall Meeting held at the
By Emma Unah A twenty five year old man, John Ator, on Wednesday was allegedly caught stealing two basins of garri at the Marian market and was about to be lynched when he dramatically escaped while the mob was hunting for petrol to set him alight. The man who was caught at the market with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I am particularly impressed with the good job my kind and intelligent brother and friend Mr. Agba Jalingo is doing. So, when I got his invitation to attend ‘The Dialogue with Agba Jalingo , even against myriad of issues that demanded my attention I was determined to steal some hours to attend
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There has been a rash of toxic material pouring freely into the social media like August rainfall in Calabar. The astonishing rapidity and regularity of this literary genre is surprising even to the casual onlooker and raises fresh questions as to the raison d’etre for this season of hate, and envy, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There is no human without one form of impediment or the other whether now, the future or in the past but for those who have risen above these impediments to offer their service to the society rather than wish them bad, run them down or castigate them, we should rather encourage and