By Yusuf Alli, The Nation Newspaper Listen To The Report The High Court lacks the powers to order the deletion of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, the National Assembly has told the Court of Appeal. It urged the appellate court to order the retention of the section, adding that Justice Evelyn Anyadike of
By Archibong Jeremiah Listen To The Report A daredevil criminal, Godswill Emmanuel aka Emperor has reached the end of the road. He alongside two of his members was arrested by the Police on Monday after being wanted since 2019. Emperor and his gang were declared wanted after they failed in an attempt to kidnap Chief
By Shola Oshunkeye, The Crest Listen To The Report Over 463 houses in three Local Government Areas in Cross River have been destroyed by windstorms, out of the 1,326 households worst affected by the effects of the windstorm. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the affected Local Government Areas were; Obudu, Yala, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report Sen. Bassey Otu, the former lawmaker accused of spearheading the arrest and extortion of Mr. Ekpo Victor Ita, publisher of CrossRiverTimes has described the report as untrue. Sen. Otu stated this through his lawyer, Barr. Ekpenyong Akiba while narrating what had transpired in a telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch
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