By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State House of Assembly has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to within 180 days, conduct elections for the position of the member representing Obubra II state constituency reports Hit 95.9FM Calabar. This comes barely 2 weeks after the Speaker, Honorable John Lebo denied that the house has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Recently, the Federal Government in Nigeria released the second tranche of the Paris Club Refund to the 36 states of the federation. The states received varying sums ranging from as high as Ten Billion Naira for some states like Rivers, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Bayelsa to as low as a little
By Jonathan Ugbal The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) in Nigeria on Friday released a scanty report on the May 30, 2015 clash between personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Nigeria Police Force which left 2 policemen dead and 1 naval rating injured. DHQ spokesperson, Major general John Enenche who presented the report alongside that of the
By Ushang Ewa Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicates that a 32 seater Toyota Coaster vehicle has been stolen from the Okuku campus of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH). The bus is white in color and was reportedly stolen on Thursday night with the institution’s management at loss how it happened. The Okuku campus of
By Jonathan Ugbal Baby Nolan Kishati-Unimye Akpong has given up the ghost. He was barely 10 weeks old and died in the early hours of Sunday CrossRiverWatch learnt with his uncle, Mr. Jacob Akpong, a legal practitioner posting on his Facebook wall; “RIP Kisha.” CrossRiverWatch had reported that Little Kisha was diagnosed of a serious
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appointed CrossRiverWatch marketing manager, Mr. Emmanuel Etim as the Senior Special Adviser Creative and Knowledge Economy. Mr. Etim now joins the Ayade’s administration fully after been on the fringe and supporting it with incisive articles that have led to the creation of several Special Purpose
By Ushang Ewa John Owan-Enoh, the Senator representing Cross River Central in the National Assembly says he has engaged the National Boundary Commission in a bid to settle the frequent spate of communal conflicts in his constituency. Mr. Owan-Enoh stated this Friday while presenting his mid-term scorecard where he spoke on projects he had facilitated,
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Government has announced that it will produce 30,000 tons of cotton by November as part of its backward integration policy to support industries such as the Garment factory already set up. The cotton will be sourced from a farm situated in Woda community, Yala Local Government Area of