By Patrick Obia The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Obudu State constituency and seven other States bye-election to Saturday, October 31, 2020. In a press release issued by the Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, 11 August, 2020 states that, it is as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
We cannot over emphasize the need to consciously adopt a systematic approach if all hands need to be on deck for the greater good of humanity. From our little corners doing the little or much we can without looking at a specific group of whom we have expectations or hand the mantle of doing same
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has embarked on project monitoring and evaluation exercise to assess the Community Based Target (CBT) projects of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO). Dr. Inyang Asibong, Commissioner for International Development Cooperation, who monitored the exercise in Ikot Ene-Obong and Ikot Effanga Mkpa communities both in Calabar
By Archibong Jeremiah Prince Michael Nku Abuo, Director General, Cross River Migration Control Services Agency has been accused of fraud by the State Government. According to a public notice by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ntufam Okon Nyong Owuna disclaiming Prince Michael Nku Abuo said has been parading himself as the Coordinator of the Accelerated
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Rita Marshall has adjourned its ruling on a no case submission filed by the defendants in case number MC/428C/19. The defendants, Jonathan Ugbal and Jeremiah Archibong are the News Editor and Managing Editor of CrossRiverWatch, an online Newspaper based in Cross
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Wife of number one drug lord in Calabar, simply identified as Glory, was abducted by kidnappers on Saturday, CrossRiverWatch can report authoritatively. CrossRiverWatch learnt that Glory is the wife of a notorious drug lord in Calabar popularly known as Abonima. Earlier, a staff in the safety department of UNICEM in Akamkpa, Joe
By Joseph Obung, Blue Print Newspaper The Cross River State Government has said it is introducing security numbers for all cabs operating in the State for proper documentation and identification in the face of the security challenges. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Oqua Oqua, who disclosed this Friday, during a chat with our reporter, said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In the on – going efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in the agricultural sector across the country, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono flagged off the distribution of the Ministry’s palliative incentive to Nigerian farmers in Calabar, Cross River State, the South-South Geopolitical zone of