By Patrick Obia Nigeria female table tennis representative to the reversed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Asia, Offiong Edem, has said her dream is to see champions spring up in her community, Bayside, Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. She stated this at the climax of “Bayside Youths Street Table Tennis Tournament”
By Maxwell Effiong The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the first private and indigenous radio station in the ancient city of Calabar, Cross River State, Hit 95.9 FM, Mr. Patrick Ugbe has raised alarm over a fake Instagram account with his name. The CEO in a disclaimer on his official IG account @ugbepatrick advised his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Enugu State Police Command has arrested an aged woman for allegedly giving out her seven-year-old granddaughter to different men as a sex slave, and collecting the money in return. The woman, whose name was concealed for investigation purposes, was arrested first by Ugwuagor Vigilantes in the Abakpa community, Enugu East Local Government
By Maxwell Effiong June 16 every year is a day set aside to celebrate the African Child by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), to honor those that participated in the Soweto revolution in 1976, but was first marked in 1991. Centre for Creative Art Education, a Non-Governmental Organisation and it’s partners joined the international
By Patrick Obia The University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), has reopened for academic activities after the Calabar campus of the varsity was temporarily shutdown two weeks ago. The institution went haywire after a student, Ford Moses Nkasi was stabbed to death by robbers in the school premises, which led to peaceful protest then, untamed thereafter.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin This is a playback of CrossRiverWatch live stream which captures the moment masked Policemen believed to be acting under the instruction of Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State arrived in commando style and profaned the fundamental human rights of the peaceful protesters. The peaceful protest was at the secretariat of Association of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It has been confirmed that Citizen Agba Jalingo who publishes CrossRiverWatch, leading rights activists cum lawyer James Ibor, CrossRiverWatch News Editor Jonathan Ugbal and Comrade Akawajiode Undie has granted bail minutes ago. They were arrested by masked Policemen during the peaceful #June12 protest which was ongoing right in front of the secretariat of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Police Force has forcefully dispersed peaceful #June12 protesters in Calabar. They protesters were peacefully exercising their fundamental human rights before trips of Policemen numbering over 50 in over 7 Hilux van, masked appeared and fired teargas severally at the protesters. As at the time of filing this report,