By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Years of coal mining in some communities in Enugu State and attendant negligence of those mining sites are now leading to dangerous environmental degradation that threatens those communities. In this report, Ben Aroh, who visited Enugu North, Udi and Ezeagu local government areas of Enugu State where the mines are
By Agba Jalingo and Jonathan Ugbal Ahead of the yet-to-be announced resumption date for public primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State, discordant tune trail the more than a decade old free and compulsory education directive of the State announced by the Godswill Akpabio’s administration. CrossRiverWatch visited the State’s capital city, Uyo and its
By Victor Ayeni, Abiodun Nejo, Peter Dada, Raphael Ede, Ada Wodu, Bola Bamigbola, Edward Nnachi, Daud Olatunji, Matthew Ochei and Adeyinka Adedipe – The PUNCH Newspaper There were strong indications on Tuesday that many Southern States might miss the deadline set by the Southern Governors’ Forum for the promulgation of anti-open grazing laws. The PUNCH
By Jonathan Ugbal The Faculty of Education of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Tuesday awarded three deserving people for their contributions to the education sector. Martins Orim, the Chief of Staff to Governor Ben Ayade was awarded in recognition of his “immense contribution to scholarship and the education industry.” Also, Professor Florence Obi, the
By Sylvia Felix, Theresa Augustine And Rosemary Nkereuwem The Royal African Foundation has ended a week long volunteering activities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital where it charged young minds on the need to volunteer to humanity. The week long volunteering exercise which kicked off with a visit to Offiong Ikpeme Foundation, Calabar South
By Patrick Obia Our newsroom confirmed that, following the picketing and shutdown of the Cross River State Secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the office of Head of Service has began refunding the ₦25,000 extorted from Directors. Sources from the NLC disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch saying, the “HOS led by Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem succumbed to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A combined team of soldiers and vigilante has killed Mr. Thomas Obi Tawo, aka General Iron in Boki LGA. Our source confirmed that Iron was shot dead in a gun battle with soldiers and the vigilante earlier today. Our sources on the ground confirms that, Ogep Osokom and Oku communities divided General
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Aviation Commissioner, Barrister Jake Otu Enyia, is currently leading a crowd that is barricading the gate of Heritage Bank along Calabar road, Calabar. He is also accusing the bank of frustrating the State Government efforts in the aviation sector with the seizure of the State’s huge deposits with