By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Asu Okang has said that he is not against cultism. Mr. Okang stated this while addressing students at a public lecture organized by the Students Union Government of the University of Calabar, as part of the activities to mark it’s 42nd Students
By Our Reporter The Police in Cross River says it is still investigating the motive and other issues surrounding the shooting of Prince Godswill Edward who is the son in-law of former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan. The state command spokesperson, ASP Irene Ugbo told CrossRiverWatch that: “We are still investigating and they cannot be charged
By Ushang Ewa Photographs obtained by CrossRiverWatch show that rehabilitation work has begun on the New Netim section of the Calabar – Odukpani road. Unconfirmed information suggests this followed interventions from the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru and the Chairman, Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba. CrossRiverWatch had reported
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch, is an online media organization in Cross River State which focuses on socio-political issues in the state. We are inviting applications from young persons across the 18 local government areas of the state who have chosen a career path, or are passionate about journalism and news writing, to be trained as
By Frank Edima The fight against human trafficking recently received a boost in Bakassi, a local government area in southern Cross River State when the Comfort Literacy Intervention and Capacity Enhancement (CLICE) Foundation organized a one day workshop on tackling the menace. This formed part of activities marking the World Day Against Human Trafficking which
By Ikwen Atuaka Stakeholders in the education sector have said that a student’s ability to identify problems and solve them in a creative and sustainable way while in school prepares them for a better life than just waiting for blue collar jobs. CrossRiverWatch Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Agba Jalingo and an educationist, Professor Joseph Asor stated this
By Jonathan Ugbal Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Cross River State have gunned down five suspected armed robbers in Calabar CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. There are two versions to the story with one eyewitness saying that the robbery took place at IBB by Rabana where they were chased and intercepted at Barracks road while
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government announced the restriction of movement from 7 – 10 AM on Saturday for residents to carry out environmental sanitation in the state. The 3 hours movement restriction notice was contained in a sponsored statement from the state’s ministry of information and was aimed at making people stay