By CrossRiverWatch Admin One person has been feared killed, several others injured and over six houses razed as Igwo Community in Obudu Council Area of Cross River State yesterday clashed over N500m compensation from the State Government over the proposed Cargo Airport. Community sources said the youths went on a rampage and attacked some Chiefs
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Cross Riverian, Efio-Ita Nyok has written the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade on his 52 birthday. Nyok in his letter to Ayade he urged the Governor to be more tolerant with critics and focus on governance. Nyok, the Central Working Committee (CWC) member representing Cross River State chapter of Partners for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House Of Assembly has postponed confirmation of the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme earlier scheduled for today. Speaking to newsmen, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Francis Bassey (Odukpani) said the decision to postpone the confirmation was taken by members at an executive
By Patrick Obia A bill to strengthen the operations of the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) has been read a second time on the floor of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The bill tagged “the Cross River State Motor Vehicle Administration Directorate Bill 2020” seeks to facilitate the establishment of a directorate which will serve
By Archibong Jeremiah The loggerhead between the Cross River State Government and the Nigerian Navy over land has taken a new dimension as some Cross Riverians have protested and urged the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to leave Navy Land alone. The peaceful protesters (Cross River State Progressive Forum) marched in Calabar, the Cross River
By Patrick Obia Building where Fan milk and yogurt drinks are being distributed in retails and wholesales along Ndidem Usang Iso Road, beside Mobil Fuel station in Calabar, has been razed down by fire. The “strange fire” which started at about 8PM on Saturday night, eyewitnesses at the scene posited that the fault was electrical
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A serving Police officer in Calabar suspected to be behind many of the kidnapping cases in the city has been arrested by joined security outfit made up by military personnel, tagged “Operation Skolombo”. The suspected kidnap kingpin was arrested alongside five other gang members by the Operation Skolombo team on Monday upon
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A piece of land belonging to the Nigerian Navy and meant for the construction of a Navy Hotel has become a cause of friction between the Navy and Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The land which originally housed the Navy officers mess was being prepared for construction when the State