By Jonathan Ugbal A crowd reminiscent of the hay days of the Carnival Calabar before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hailed Jarigbe Agom, the Senator representing northern Cross River State, at a thanksgiving ceremony last weekend in Ogoja. Agom emerged tops after a lengthy battle with Dr. Stephen Odey, an ally and “anointed” candidate of the Governor,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ukelle People’s Parliament, consisting of major political stakeholders in Ukelle nation cutting across the six wards of Ogoja/Yala constituency have thrown its weight behind Chief Henry Onwe’s House of Representatives ambition. Present at the endorsement which took place over the weekend in the residence of Hon. Fred Okem, former Vice Chairman of
By Bankole Abe, ICIR In an attempt to appease the Ogoni people of Rivers State for long years of deprivation, injustice and neglect, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is prepared to give a posthumous pardon to late activist and playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others hanged by late dictator, Sani Abacha. The
Patrick Obia The Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Calabar branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have joined the band of organizations and individuals condemning Wednesday’s flogging of aged women by Police officers in Calabar. Hundreds of road sweepers attached to the Calabar Urban Development Authority had on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A truck conveying products from the LaFarge HolCim plant in Mfamosing has crushed a family four in Akansoko junction of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of southern Cross River State. The event happened this evening. The family was atop a motorcycle. “A man, his wife and two children were crushed to death by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The organized labor in Cross River State has berated Governor Ben Ayade for the harassment of aged women protesting the non payment of their salaries for 6 months. Hundreds of road sweepers in Calabar attached to the Calabar Urban Development Authority protested along major streets to draw attention to their plight and
By Patrick Obia Hundreds of ad-hoc staff who sweep the roads for the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) are protesting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital over unpaid salaries. The women who are paid only NGN7,500 per month, say they have been owed for six months and tricked by the Commissioner for Environment, Mfon
By Ushang Ewa Ahead of the planned meeting between medical interns and the management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) slated for noon today, the premises is currently surrounded by security personnel. The interns are owed nearly half a billion Naira for their salaries spanning a period of 11 months. Several meetings and