By CrossRiverWatch Admin The board of trustees of Teacher Essien Ita Itam Education Trust Fund has offered scholarships to fifty (50) benefiting students in the State. The Foundation disclosed this in a letter signed by its Chairman, Ekpenyong Essien Ita. The Trust Fund was set up in 2014 by the late Barrister Temitope Ekpenyong Ita
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has paid tribute to former Governor Ben Ayade on the demise of his younger sister, Mrs. Janet Ateb Oniga, in Kakim, Obudu Local Government Area of the State. Late Mrs. Janet Ateb died on November 24, 2023, at the age of 54
By Patrick Obia And Godwin Otang Armed welding gunmen in the wee hours of Monday, December 11, 2023, kidnapped the Paramount Ruler of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, HRH Etinyin Lawrence Edet Nya. The Royal father who hails from Esuk Mba, a community viewed as one of the dens for men of
By Adebayo Abdulrahman, Development News NIgeria The road that leads to Oba-Adebimpe palace in Odinjo community in Ibadan, Oyo State gives an impression that all is well. But on sighting the palace, the excitement fades away almost immediately leaving one with more questions than answers. “They renovated it recently,” Kolapo Jimoh, a carpenter who works
Yes this is Nigeria! Where the AK47 Economy is booming and enjoying criminal patronage from the high and mighty. This is Nigeria, where individuals who have enough storage of arms can slice any section of Nigeria where they have numerical strength and colonize it with violence and sabotage, without letting or hindering. Yet, government will
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a bid to tighten police and the public relationship in Cross River State, the Police Command has released telephone directory of Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), their names, and Divisions to the public. The Command also made available contacts of tactical commanders, area commands as well as the State Control Rooms. The
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of ways to mark the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence, the wife of Cross River State Governor, Rev. Eyoanwan Otu has marked the day with other Non Governmental Organizations ( NGOs) to end Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the State. The theme for the year’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The member of the House of Representatives representing Obanliku/Bekwarra/Obudu Federal Constituency, Honorable Peter Akpanke, on Thursday in Abuja decried attacks by Cameroon’s Ambazonian separatists on Belegete Community of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, saying it has left him in bitterness, sadness, and disappointment. Honorable Akpanke, who expressed his pain