By Maxwell Effiong Former State lawmaker and Cross River’s Special Envoy to the Gulf of Guinea, John Gaul Lebo on Thursday, said that the State is recruiting English Language teachers and manufacturers of sachet water for neighboring Equatorial Guinea. Mr. Lebo who was the Speaker of the State’s 8th Assembly disclosed while speaking at the
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted normal to above normal rainfall season in 2021 across the country. And, Cross River will get 270 days of rainfall starting from March 4th, said Godwin Ugah Unimke, the Executive Director of Green Planet Initiative, a nongovernmental organization in Calabar on Thursday while enlightening farmers
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By Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, met with former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Duke, who arrived the State House around 4:30pm, proceeded straight to Osinbajo’s office. Though the agenda and outcome of the gathering were unknown, sources, however, said that it was
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Contrary to reportage (not by this Newspaper) that 15 headless bodies were found in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) which made the discovery, said the corpses were eight. Seven males and a female were discovered by the Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has confirmed the identity of the Police Officer attacked at Ekori Division, Yakurr LGA. His AK47 rifle was stolen by his attackers. His name is Inspector Edogi Eleng, he’s recovering. Watch video on CrossRiverWatch TV:
By Tarila Marclint Ebiede, The Conversation Nigeria has an urgent insecurity problem. News from the country often emphasises insecurity related to Islamic insurgents in Northern Nigeria, organised armed banditry involving Fulani herdsmen, farmer-herder conflicts, kidnapping and armed robbery. Insecurity has long been a problem in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta region too. From the early 2000s, armed militants targeted oil industry infrastructure
By Nicholas Kalu, The Nation Newspaper A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Joseph Wayas Jnr, has urged Governor Ben Ayade to join them from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wayas, in a statement made available to The Nation Newspaper, said such a switch would provide the opportunity for the State