By CrossRiverWatch Admin Owing to what must have been sustained pressure from environmental activists and host communities about possible land annexation, the Cross River state government has succumbed to reversing its earlier order to acquire 10km of land on both sides of the proposed 260 km superhighway. In an advertorial in the Punch newspaper of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Not more than five days days after the release of FG, the abducted cripple in Ohong village in Obudu, another man simply identified as Simon, a pharmaceutical shop owner in Obudu main town, has been abducted by armed criminals. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered that Simon who owns the Simbless pharmaceutical shop, at No.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Deputy Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ivara Esu, has extended the gratitude of the government and people of the state to a 35-man team from the Taiwanese Medical Peace Corps who just concluded a free medical mission in the state. He said the state appreciates the decision of the team
By Uchino Amatey The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board has continued its Personnel Verification, Biometrics/Image Capturing and Promotion Interview of teaching and non-teaching staff of Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) in the Central Senatorial Zone. The exercise which entered Boki Local Government Area has led to a full on investigation into several discoveries
By Ogar Monday/Otobong Clemet The Deputy Governor of Cross River State who represented the Governor reading the condolence message during the burial. The Cross River State Government has described the death of Late Obongwan Minika James as a great loss to not just the family but to Cross River State and Nigeria. The assertion was
By Frank Edima Residents of Ikang, a suburb of Bakassi local government area, Cross River State, promptly responded to a fire outbreak at a petrol station before the arrival of security agents and good Samaritans. The inferno destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the fuel station; Micakadof Investment Limited. It was gathered that the
By Otobong Clement Fortune Global Humanitarian Initiative has ended a one day “Catch Them Young” program at Government Secondary School Anantigha, Calabar South Local Government Area, Cross River State. Speaking at the event, the Chief Executive Officer of the organization Mr. Future Inyang said the program is aimed at providing pragmatic solutions to some of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Drivers in Cross River state lead their colleagues from the 35 states of the federation including Federal Capital Territory in complying with the newly introduced speed limiting device with Cross River State currently ranked top in the level of compliance. The head of media and strategy of Federal Road Safety Commission-FRSC- Bisi