By Sylvia Akpan And Mary Bassey Listen To The Report Digital media heavyweight in Cross River State, CrossRiverWatch has called on aspiring or budding journalists in the State to enroll in its volunteering opportunity. This was disclosed in a press release signed by its Managing Editor, Mr. Jeremiah Archibong said as the world diversifies into
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Cross River born, Destiny Ogar was early this week announced as one of the recipients of the tech giant, Amazon’s $10 million Computer Scholarship for university study. The scholarship, awarded as Amazon Future Engineer, is according to the company “a thorough childhood-to-career program aimed at increasing access to
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Justice Sampson Mbe Anjor has today, Thursday 14th April 2022 taken the oath of office to be the acting President of the Customary Court of Appeal in Cross River State at a Ceremony which was held at the Governor’s office. Administering the oath, Governor Ben Ayade charged him
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that 51.3% of newly registered voters from Cross River State captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise have returned invalid. The data which was seen by CrossRiverWatch, and corrected up till January 14th, 2022 shows that Cross River’s
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in a Cross Riverian, Mrs. Anne Otelafu Odey, and four others as Commissioners of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC. The swearing-in happened shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council meeting at the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has said the decision of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court to uphold his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) showed that the judiciary stood “firm on the tabernacle of truth.” The PDP had
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Zone 6 Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday arrested Mr. Victor Ita, a journalist with over 20 years of experience over a defamation petition written by the former federal lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu. Mr. Ita who publishes CrossRiverTimes, an online newspaper, has worked with the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Three-term federal lawmaker, Sen. John Owan-Enoh on Sunday declared his interest to contest for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the February 2023 general elections. This is the second term Sen. Owan-Enoh is seeking votes for the office. The first was in 2019. And,