By Patrick Obia A serving Commissioner of Women’s Affairs in Cross River State, Gertrude Njar, has been kidnapped. Sources told CrossRiverWatch she was whisked away at Mbukpa, Calabar South Local Government Area of the State at about 9:25 am on Wednesday, 1 February 2023. Security operatives are said to have found her shoes by the
By Patrick Obia and Etido Okon It is a deja vu as the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition of the National Assembly has again summoned the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi over the institution’s 2019/2020 employees’ unpaid salaries petition. In a hearing notice with petition No 505
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State All Progressives Congress (APC) guber candidate, Prince Bassey Edet Otu has unveiled his manifesto. He unveiled the manifesto tagged ‘People-First’ to journalists at the NUJ press center Calabar today, Monday. The former Senator who represented the Southern Senatorial District said he will complement on the gains of past
By Idris Kamal, WikkiTimes While Bornor Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) struggle to resettle, after spending over a decade in various official IDP Camps, at a time close to general elections, they have no idea where to get their PVCs and even where to vote, WikkiTimes’ Idris Kamal writes. Muhammad Abubakar, a 30-year-old resettled native of
By Patrick Obia A political group in Cross River, Fusion 196, has berated the former Governor of the State – Donald Duke for his remarks against Governor Ben Ayade, saying he should be held responsible if there is a breakdown of law and order in the State. The group asserted in a press conference held
There came a time in the Cross River State Political ecosystem particularly in the northern prairie when there was a need to go outside the usual dogs, moose, pronghorns, and other known biotic features. There was the need to test a rookie. More so, like an elk, he has branches of certificates in his head.
How a violent conflict in the resource-rich Niger Delta has wrought ecological and economic devastation for a generation. Listen to this story Play 00:00:0001:12:34 As the three women from Otuabagi tell it, the Niger Delta’s woes began with a simple yet consequential misunderstanding. The European engineers came to the village in 1956, four years before
TOPIC Low PVC Collection: Implication And Way Forward. INTRODUCTION It is 27 days until the first leg of the 2023 general elections when the Presidential and National Assembly polls will be held. To be able to vote, Nigerians need the Permanent Voters Card, PVC to be able to vote. However, the electoral umpire, the Independent