By Ushang Ewa A chairmanship candidate for the August 8th state congress elections of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River, Venatius Ikem has dismissed claims that the two factions in the party have reached a compromise in sharing the party positions. Ikem, in a statement on Monday said that nothing of such had
By Jonathan Ugbal The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in Cross River now stands at 58, four and 53 more than Taraba (54) and Kogi (5) states respectively. Data from the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that the state recorded 13 new cases on Sunday. The country recorded 304 new cases
Listening to people talk about the upcoming State Congress of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, one would think that it is armageddon or the flip side of epiphany, or even D – DAY in Normandy. Like the whole world was possibly coming to a definite end following the result of the
By Jonathan Ugbal The remains of Madam Regina Achi Nentui, mother of the leader of the seventh senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba will be committed to mother earth tomorrow (Tuesday), August 4, 2020 a statement from the family said. “The Ndoma-Egba/Nentui Families of Akparabong and Ikom, Cross River State announce the burial arrangements of their mother, grandmother
Since March 2013, when CrossRiverWatch was barely six months old after commencing publishing, we reported a story about how the then Chairman of Obudu Local Government Council, Mr. Emmanuel Ikwen, collected an overdraft of N6million from the Obudu branch of First Bank plc, to pay a Non Governmental Organization in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory
By Patrick Obia Civil Society Organisations and other stakeholders including the Association of Cross River Online Journalists, ACROJ, Citizens Solution Network, CNS have cried out over the state of disrepair of the stretch of Calabar-Itu Federal highway. They accused the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the Governments of Akwa Ibom and Cross River States of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching our newsroom has it that suspected gangsters numbering over 100 with axes and locally made guns as at 7:45pm were shooting from maternity axis of Akpabuyo Local Government Area to near forestry checkpoint. As at the time of filing this report, they have all entered a village called Ifondo, in
By Chinelo Obogo, The Sun Newspaper A 72-year old male passenger on Air Peace Calabar- Abuja flight P47182, Friday died on board while the flight was airborne. Reliable sources from the Margret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar disclosed that the deceased had a case of paraplegia due to spinal injury since 2019 and had been on