By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River Government, with support from a private consortium would on February 8 flag off a three-day table tennis championship to discover new talents, support sports and quality education. Orok Duke, Chairman, Cross River Sports Commission, who disclosed this Sunday to sports writers, said the Calabar Primary/Secondary Schools Table Tennis Championship
By Ushang Ewa Members of the Cross River State Rice Management Board were Thursday trained on the efficient management and utilization of the rice value chain. The one day training aims at schooling members of the board to ensure they know the basics and ensure the smooth running of the board whose goal is to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that the kidnappers of a cripple Jude Akwagiobe Agaba popularly known as FG who was abducted 3 days ago have demanded a ransom of NGN5million. Sources close to FG’s family say his close relatives which include his pregnant wife, Felicia are currently at loss on how to raise
By Ogar Monday Organizers of the Nigerian Writers Award(NWA) have announced Cross River born MC,TV host and comedienne Wofai Samuel as host of the 2017 Nigeria Writers Awards to be held on the 19th of February at the Ace Olivia, Lagos City Mall. Making the announcement on their Instagram page, NWA said “Nigerian Writers Award
By Ogar Monday The University of Calabar has matriculated six thousand (6000) fresh students into various faculties and institutes of the school at the matriculation ceremony held at the Abraham Ordia stadium within the institution’s campus. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Zana Akpagu while giving his speech admonished freshers of the institution to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A federal lawmaker from Cross River state, Honorable Legor Idagbo has accused the President of dictatorship over the government’s approach to public protests compared to the previous administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Honorable Legor Idagbo, (PDP Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwara Federal Constituency) in response to a post by Princewill Odidi, a Cross River born
By CrossRiverWatch Admin I got a call in the morning of Thursday, February 2 from Architect Njor Ntangha Tabi, a staff of Federal Government Girls College, Calabar. He sounded agitated, frightened and incoherent. He was trying to say something about DSS, students, teachers, beatings, bullets and gunshots. I tried calming him down but it wasn’t
By CrossRiverWatch Admin For Nigeria to have a thriving media that could aid democracy and good governance, the government needs to have a proper understanding of the role of the media in the society, the CEO of Hit 95.9 FM, Calabar, Cross River state, Patrick Ugbe, has said. Mr. Ugbe, who is a former Commissioner