By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement, Transformation Home Africa, Deep Root Academy, The University of Calabar and YALI Cross River State recently marked the 2021 World Earth Day with the theme: Restore Our Earth. The event which was a week-long event (Monday 19 –
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Intensive practical lectures for the TechShack coding class 2 commenced yesterday in Calabar with 20 students sponsored by the Teacher Essien Ita Itam Educational Foundation. “The students are being trained with HTML, CSS+, PHP and Javascript,” a statement signed by one of TechShack’s director, Jonathan Ugbal read. “There will be a follow
Miss Miriam Joseph Ekeng, a 200 level student of Mass Communication, University of Calabar (UNICAL), in this exclusive interview with Patrick Obia of CrossRiverWatch shares the reason why she decided to tattoo Ayade’s face amidst the backlashes he enjoys. Excerpt. What motivated you to have Governor Ben Ayade’s tattoo on your back? I actually admire the Governor a lot,
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State Government Security “Operation Akpakwu” has arrested some kidnappers in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the State. They are Etinyin Akamba Eyo, a.k.a 30 30, who is the Clan Head of Ikot Atambi in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the State including his son and wife. His two houses
By Patrick Obia Youths of Cross River State, have been urged to know their neighbors and take total charge of security in their immediate environment. Security experts gave the spur in a one-day security summit and launch of Operation Know Your Neighbor, spearheaded by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), in Calabar. The security
By Socrates Mbamalu, Foundation for Investigative Journalism Multi-million-naira projects for which money has already been allocated and withdrawn have been abandoned in Cross River State, BudgIT Tracka is reporting. At Model Government Secondary School, Okpoma, Cross River State, a N15 million project for the construction of a schoolgate has been abandoned. The school, located in
By Maxwell Effiong The Calabar Coding Class 2021 will open tomorrow, Friday April 23, 2021 with 20 students expected to learn intermediate level coding. The Calabar Coding Class 2021 is a program of TechShack Hub. It organized session one of the class in 2019 with 20 students. In this session he students, all beneficiaries of
By Jonathan Ugbal It has been 31 days since Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Chairman of the Nigerian Labor Congress in Cross River State was kidnapped in front of his residence at the CROSPIL estate in Akpabuyo Local Government Area. It is the second time Mr. Ukpepi would suffer in the hands of kidnappers, yet, there