By Lanre Arotimi Cross River House of Assembly candidate for Calabar Municipality, Hon. Edim Okon, has expressed displeasure over the increasing incident of street children in Calabar, warning that their presence poses a threat to the State’s tourism drive. Okon, a renowned artist and youth leader who seeks to actualize his mandate on the platform
By Godshield Kanjal The newly inaugurated Chairman of the Cross River state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, Pastor Lawrence Ekwok has raised alarm over the increasing number of fake pastors in the state, advising them to desist from such ungodly acts. Pastor Ekwok, who frowned at this act in Calabar, recently during
By Edima Frank Customers of a micro-finance bank in Bakassi known as Ayi-Riwo Thrift Savings and Loans, MPCS limited have been thrown into confusion as they are unable to get back the principal amount they saved, talked less of the accruing interests. CrossRiverWatch gathered from some of the aggrieved customers of the micro-finance bank that
By Our Correspondent “Refer to your mail on the above subject matter addressed to the office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Phillipines, the Court wishes to state that it has no record of conviction of anyone bearing Benedict Bengioshuye Ayade either in the Supreme Court or any lower Court in
By Odey Ojeka The Cross River State College of Education Akamkpa held its sixth matriculation ceremony on the 24th of February, 2015. The matriculation ceremony which was held at the New Pavillion of the college had a large number of students and family members who graced the event. The Provost of the College, Dr. Ejue
By Our Correspondent The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday gave reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan deserves to be reelected for a second term. The First Lady who was in Ikom, Cross River State, in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nationwide Women rally to solicit votes for her husband, said President Jonathan has
By Jonathan Ugbal The Bakassi Freedom Fighters, BFF one of the militant groups which embraced the federal government’s amnesty program in the Niger Delta today protested to the Governors office in Calabar over unpaid remunerations. The “ex-militants” as they called themselves numbering about twenty could be seen at the main gate leading to the office
By Laureta Akpan Senator Ben Ayade, the governorship flag bearer of the ruling PDP in Cross River state has decried the rising spate of violence in the state as next month’s election inches closer and called on Cross Riverians to resist those who want to introduce the culture of violence and smear campaigns into Cross