By CrossRiverWatch Admin Team Nigeria made a strong start in the athletics competition at the African Games in Ghana. All Nigerian athletes competing on Monday morning qualified for their respective events’ next stage. In the women’s 100m heats, all three Nigerian runners advanced to the semi-finals. Justina Eyakpobeyan led the pack at 11.43 seconds despite
By Mary Bassey, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has approved the immediate withdrawal of Mr. Patrick Edi’s appointment as the Clerk of the House of Assembly. The government notified the House of this decision in a letter dated March 18, 2024, through the Secretary to the State
By Able Winnard The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced that 32 graduates have bagged First Class honors, fixed Friday March 22, 2024 as the 36th convocation ceremony. The Vice Chancellor of the institution Professor Florence Obi in a pre-convocation press briefing on Monday said the introduction of quality assurance measures helped increase the number
Art is better than science. Science is better than art. Democracy is better than military government. Military government is better than democracy. Christianity is better than Islam. Islam is better than Christianity. A male child is better than a female child. A female child is better than a male child. Polygamy is better than monogamy.
Friday Olokor Gunmen suspected to be soldiers on Friday abducted the Editor of FirstNews and former Kaduna Bureau Chief of The PUNCH, Segun Olatunji. He was picked at his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The management of the online Newspaper linked the action to a recent story published by
By Godwin Otang Stakeholders and rights advocates have been trained on methods to apply to curb Gender Based Violence (GVB) in four Cross River Local Government Areas of Akpabuyo, Calabar South, Calabar Municipal, and Bakassi. At a one-day training held on Friday 15 March 2024 a nongovernmental organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) whose
Yours sincerely had a conversation with Maazi Ogbonanya, who wrote the first Physics textbook in Igbo language today and he is so emphatic that this effort is just the beginning. He intends to get as much feedback, criticisms, and reviews as possible to enable him to subsequently improve on this phenomenal groundbreak he has achieved,
By Godwin Otang And Sylvia Akpan The remains of the Late Madam Theresa Asa Effah has been laid to rest. She was interred at Calabar Vaults and Gardens, along the Tinapa road, after a funeral service held at Mary Pro-Cathedral, Efut Abua Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, on Friday 15 March