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
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The two factional Chairmen of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Ochala and Etim John, have resolved to bury the hatchet, close ranks, and work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming Northern Senatorial District and Obudu State Constituency by-elections in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Kate Okpa, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association in the Cross River State, has died of Coronavirus. Speaking with journalists in Calabar, the State capital, Agam Ayuk, Chairman of the NMA in the State, noted that Dr. Okpa is from their Ogoja chapter. He said that the rate of COVID-19
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state Public Health Emergency Operations Center (CRS PHEOC) has announced four new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) for Cross River state. The CRS PHEOC disclosed this via a tweet on Friday. According to the CRSPHEOC, Cross River has recorded three deaths from the pandemic while 19 have since
By Jonathan Ugbal Dozens of farms and a few structures have been destroyed at locations near the proposed Obudu international cargo airport in northern Cross River. Residents told this reporter that armed troops of the Nigerian Army and personnel of the Nigerian Police Force accompanied bulldozers to the site earlier on Friday for the demolition