By Godwin Ajom Discussions for a special Bill that will create women only constituencies that will run elections across Nigeria has taken the center stage. Gender and Development Action (GADA), in partnership with the Canadian government and United Nations Women have joined forces via a recent town hall meeting held in Calabar Municipal, in a
By Sylvia Akpan The Obudu community is seeking the immediate removal of Dr. Richard Utubaku as Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Obudu, citing allegations of corruption, mismanagement, and autocratic leadership. According to a letter dated 25th March, 2025, and signed by several community leaders, elders and addressed to the Minister of Education,
By Favour Adinya The Government of Cross River State has announced the statewide monthly environmental sanitation exercise scheduled for Saturday, 29th March 2025. In a public service announcement, the Honourable Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses Osogi, urged all business owners and residents to actively engage in the cleaning and evacuation of waste from their neighborhoods
By Sylvia Akpan CP Olusegun Eyitayo Omosanyin, has officially resumed duty as the 47th Commissioner of Police, Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Irene Ugbo disclosed this in a press release issued on Friday, March 28, 2025. CP Olusegun, who resumed on Thursday, March 27th,
Images obtained from the protest show youths bearing placards with different inscriptions including "Obudu Youths Say Utubaku Must Go," "FCE Obudu Has No Security In The Hands Of Utubaku," and "A Thief Is A Thief, Utubaku Must Go."
By Godwin Ajom 30 members of the Knight of the Catholic Church, on board the Coastal bus belonging to the Cross River State College of Nursing, Ogoja has crashed leaving 29 hospitalized and a 70 year-old man from Ogoja LGA, Mr. Elliot Ushie Agana dead. Mr. Eliot lost his life in the ghastly motor accident
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Senator representing Cross River Southern senatorial district in the Nigeria Senate, Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jrn, has called for the urgent intervention to halt the relentless rise in the cost of data services in Nigeria. Nigerians have raised concerns on the increasing rise of data by telecommunication companies in the country and
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The State House of Assembly, has called on the State government, through the Ministry of Health to urgently deploy medical doctors as well as additional health professionals to General Hospital in Obubra Local Government Area. The Lawmakers deliberated on the urgent need to employ more Doctors and other