By Patrick Obia Our newsroom confirmed that, following the picketing and shutdown of the Cross River State Secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the office of Head of Service has began refunding the ₦25,000 extorted from Directors. Sources from the NLC disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch saying, the “HOS led by Mrs. Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem succumbed to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Aviation security at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River capital are battling with angry passengers of Aero Contractors after their flight was cancelled at the last minute. Staff are currently locked in a safe room to ensure the visibly angry passengers do not lynch them. Sources say there
PART 1 The Cross River State Government, through Mr. John Odo, Chairman of the State’s Privatization Council, yesterday announced it’s readiness to sell over thirty Government concerns. According to the Council, Cross Riverians are to key into the initiative by referendum either online or by logging into www.crspc.org or getting the form from their various
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River State High Court has sacked Prince Uche Secondus from office and bars him from seeking re-election. The Court presided over by Justice Ekei Koofreh in Calabar removed Secondus as PDP National Chairman following a case brought by Mr. Enang Kanum Wani. In the suit, PDP and Secondus were joined
Thomas Obi Tawo, popularly called General Iron, was illiterate; an unexposed young man with the tendencies of a small time criminal. He is dead; hunted down and killed disgracefully like a rat. A lot of people, including me, believe he deserved his end. But I think Gen. Iron was deceived unto his death. The political
By CrossRiverWatch Admin This budget brief was presented as a memorandum by Policy Alert at a consultative forum for the proposed 2022 budget preparation of Cross River State on August 24, 2021.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A combined team of soldiers and vigilante has killed Mr. Thomas Obi Tawo, aka General Iron in Boki LGA. Our source confirmed that Iron was shot dead in a gun battle with soldiers and the vigilante earlier today. Our sources on the ground confirms that, Ogep Osokom and Oku communities divided General
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Aviation Commissioner, Barrister Jake Otu Enyia, is currently leading a crowd that is barricading the gate of Heritage Bank along Calabar road, Calabar. He is also accusing the bank of frustrating the State Government efforts in the aviation sector with the seizure of the State’s huge deposits with