By Emmanuel Una Ogoja sons and daughters have endorsed Ambassador Emmanuel Asegem to represent Ogoja/Yala in the House of Representative. The endorsement took place when he stopped briefly on his way to Bekwarra to honor late Mike Ogar, 4th Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, where he was cheered by the youths and friends on
By Omolola Afolabi, HumAngle Gberefu is a coastal community of mostly farmers and fishers in Badagry, a border town in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. It was from here that thousands of Nigerians were kept and sold during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The sites and relics of that history are still there to remind visitors of the
By Ushang Ewa The entrance to the Government House in Calabar, the Cross River State capital is currently inaccessible as retirees have blocked access into the office premises. They are protesting over unpaid gratuities and pensions. Security operatives are unsure of what to do as Governor Ben Ayade and his Plateau State counterpart, Simon Lalong
By Ushang Ewa Friends, associates and relatives of victims of abduction in Cross River State are now raising funds to pay ransoms for those kidnapped especially in Calabar, the State capital. The State has witnessed a huge surge in kidnappings with a Police source saying no fewer than 22 people have been abducted in about
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Chinonye Onodugo clinches her three-year-old daughter—she sits on a wooden bench—waiting to be attended to by a community health worker under a mango tree. Her daughter has been feverish and needs to be attended to, but there is no other place to seek medical help than a dilapidated health centre
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Initial reports suggest that at least two people died in a car crash on Tuesday night along Yellow Duke street in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. Images obtained by CrossRiverWatch show that the car flipped and somersaulted into a hole created by flash floods just next to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The organized labor in Cross River State has provided a breakdown of gratuities owed local government and state retirees since 1999. In its strike bulletins 14a and 14b, labor said that the current administration owes the bulk of gratuities as it has not paid any and wondered which administration will suffer the
By Archibong Jeremiah A 3-day workshop aimed at boosting journalists and civic activists’ capacity in covering, reporting and working in the Nigerian security sector has ended in Lagos State. The workshop is part of the European Union/Friedrich Ebert Stiftung project, security for all: promoting democratic governance and inclusive security measures through the engagement of civil