By Ogar Monday Stakeholders have called for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as they are merely stooges in the hands of the Governors. This took centre stage alongside the creation of Ogoja state at the public hearing of the constitutional and electoral review committee of the federal government held Wednesday in
The university as a center of learning and research and a microcosm of the society must be exemplary and set standards for the larger society even as it strives to build the leaders of tomorrow. This is the philosophy which the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu is driven by
By Itiunbe Atunka and Ushang Ewa Unknown Gunmen struck again in Obudu, kidnapping a hotelier and owner of ‘Valley of Beracah’ hotels, George Imanyi Wednesday night CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. This is the third kidnap in four weeks and the eight person to be kidnapped since 2015 when the first abduction case was reported with a
By Ushang Ewa The Special Assistant on youth mobilization to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, Emmanuel Utande dragged a widowed lover of his out of a vehicle Saturday in Obudu and beat her CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Utande, sources say, suspected that the woman, unnamed was seeing the other occupant of the vehicle, Barrister Angilibi
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade says he will celebrate his 49th birthday with the Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi local government area of the state. As at press time, Ayade was still in Abuja where he left Calabar for, on Tuesday but a memo circulated by his Chief
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. This comes after months of boat rocking over his appointment in acting capacity on November 10, 2016 by Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari. Onnoghen’s acting tenure elapsed on February 10, 2017 but was renominated by the National Judicial
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A cocoa farmer, Sunday Ushie, 35 is currently cooling his feet at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force in Calabar for killing his wife Nnena Samuel and having sex with her corpse. Ushie, who lives in Akaparabong, Ikom local government area of central Cross River State told journalists
By Ushang Ewa The Police in Cross River State have arrested no fewer than 5 persons in relation to the recent kidnappings in Obudu local government area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Ugbo disclosed this in a telephone conversation to CrossRiverWatch Wednesday afternoon and assured that investigations were still ongoing.