‘It Came As A Surprise’ – Ellah By Patrick Obia “His social media accounts will be flooded with congratulatory messages because he is a jolly good fellow,” said CrossRiverWatch’s Jonathan Ugbal on Friday upon receipt of the news of Mr. Cornelius Ellah’s emergence as acting head, Department of Mass Communication in the Cross River University of
By Jonathan Ugbal Four years after the Lagos line section of the Mile 2 market in Ikom was razed in an inferno, traders are currently counting their loses after their shops were consumed by fire on Friday night. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday with early reports suggesting a faulty electrical system
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mrs. Ignatius Agube has been released this morning by his abductors after payment of huge ransom. Multiple sources have reliably informed us that Mrs. Agube just arrived home safely this morning. Our impeccable sources also relayed that N4,850,000 was paid to the kidnappers at Akpabuyo LGA creeks last week, while another undisclosed
By Jonathan Ugbal Despite lodging at the presidential villa of the Obudu mountain resort located in Becheve, Obanliku local government area for more than a week now, Governor Ben Ayade has failed to address a lingering communal clash which has left at least six dead during his stay. The clash is between Lishiche community of
By Archibong Jeremiah My attention has been drawn to an online publication in the Daily Post of July 17, 2020 with the caption “Trouble in Cross River as Joe Agi calls Ndoma-Egba, late Mathew Mbu, Paul Erokoro thieves”. The above is a reply by Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba refuting report by Daily Post where he was reported
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Joe Agi, SAN has lunched a vitriol attack on a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, former late Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matthew Mbu and Paul Erokoro, SAN, describing them as theives. Agi, a Cross River Northern Senatorial aspirant under the platform of APC
By Patrick Obia Just as a Sierra Leon journalist and novelist, Syl Cheney-Coker in one of his poems (Myopia) said “on rainy mornings you will see them drenched, PEASANTS! shivering in their emaciated bones along the boulevards of misery, the boulevards of this country are railway tracks in my heart; a train of anguish runs
By Jonathan Ugbal The abandoned spaghetti flyover of the Cross River state government is currently causing a gridlock at the Odukpani junction axis of the Calabar – Itu – Ikot-Ekpene and Calabar – Ikom – Katsina-Ala highways. The spot is the only intersection linking Calabar, the Cross River capital with Northern, Eastern and Southern Nigeria.