By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has blown a trumpet that the 2023 Carnival Calabar will be the best. He made the assertion during the flagging off of the 2023 first Carnival dry run, at the Millennium Park on Sunday in Calabar, the State capital. The
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors. Amotekun received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized by the incessant cases of killing, kidnapping, and rape which made many flee their homes and abandon their livelihood. The bold move was
By Ebika Precious Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) has inaugurated its new executive in the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Peace Club. Giving an insight, the capacity building coordinator of the organization Dr. Chukwudi Njoku and Mrs. Violet Eneyor said the foundation focuses on peacebuilding and economic development, by managing crises and
National Assembly records show that from 1999 to the 8th National Assembly (2015-2019), the 469 seats at both the Senate and House of Reps have been occupied by 2,345 persons. This includes those who weren’t re-elected and the freshers who displaced them. In the 9th National Assembly, 64 Senators and 151 Reps, were not re-elected.
By Gladys Omirigbe A nursing mother of one identified as Mary Obeten Peter has cried out as her younger sister – Hannah secretly got married to her husband – Peter Obeten. The said couple hails from Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident is said to have occurred during the period
By Godwin Otang The death of Shukrat Olaleye, a student in the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Calabar (UNICAL) is trailed by controversy. The student is alleged to have died on October 7th, 2023, after she was administered chloroquine upon suspecting that she was sick with malaria by a local chemist
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede Esq as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, pending confirmation by the Senate, a statement by his Chief Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale said. A clergyman and lawyer with over two decades of experience, Mr. Olukayode was
By Jonathan Ugbal A block of six classrooms at the Nomadic Primary School in Obudu Local Government Area on Monday partially collapsed. This leaves dozens of pupils without proper infrastructure to learn CrossRiverWatch gathers. The block of classrooms which was already in a shape unfit for learning due to lack of windows and doors, collapsed