By Mary Ugbodaga, The Cable The Cross River Government says students in the State should not expect the usual long vacation when schools reopen. Godwin Amanke, Commissioner for Quality Education, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday. According to him, before the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 70 percent of schools
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bank balances standing in Cross River State JAAC and Local Governments capital accounts as at June 2nd 2020. #FollowOurMoney #HoldLeadersAccountability #ShineYourEyes
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper A 73-year-old retired army Captain, Bassey Ekanem has raped his 4-year-old niece in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The incident Vanguard gathered occurred at 12 Edim Ibangaha Street, Big Qua Town, Calabar. Vanguard also learned that the suspect claimed he was under the influence of alcohol and couldn’t understand
To check how serious Cross River state was about screening for COVID-19, especially as the state is the only one in the federation without a single case, Taiwo Adebulu of The Cable disguises as a patient with a risky travel history and suspicious symptoms. He narrates his experience with the doctors, nurses and the test team in
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Men, who claimed to be officials of Local Councils in Cross River State, have manhandled shop owners, traders, hawkers and market women for daring to resist payments of rates and levies in the Mbukpa markets and Ambo axis of Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. Two weeks ago,
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the results for the remaining eight local government areas in the just concluded local council elections. Governor Ben Ayade whose party, the People’s Democratic Party won the polls held amidst the COVID-19 scare, did not vote on Saturday. CrossRiverWatch had reported that the
By Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has announced results for 10 out of 18 Chairmanship results in the just concluded Local Council elections. The Chairman of the commission, Mike Ushie says more results are awaited and is expected to resume announcements by 6:00PM today. The results announced
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper A seven year old traditional injunction that restrained Cross River State Water Board Limited from distributing water to communities in Ogoja and some parts of the Northern Senatorial district of the State have been removed. The injunction which was placed on Water Board Blaster facility at Ndok junction in Ogoja Local