By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Calabar Division of the Federal High Court has sentenced to life imprisonment no fewer than 16 suspected vandals who were charged with adulterating 100 tonnes of diesel. The suspects were also ordered to forfeit to the federal government, their vessel MV ALEZZA LILAH which they used for the operation. A statement
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River today (Thursday) inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2016 Calabar Carnival village, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Ayade said that the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor said the village would
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, yesterday, described the Calabar garment factory as a very fantastic facility with a huge capacity to produce the entire uniforms for the Nigerian Police. Ozi-Obeh disclosed this in Calabar when he was conducted round the factory by Governor Ben Ayade to assess the
By Grace Orok The Speaker Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said that education is no longer the key to success. Hon. Gaul said this while addressing students of different schools at the Theresa Udie Annual Youth Mentorship Forum which held at the Transcorp hotel in Calabar. His words, “Education
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Orok Duke, is set to launch five books authored by him tomorrow in Abuja. The books; “Clementines, Sentinel, My Songs Dances on the plains, Ellipses” are all a collection of poems authored by the former Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As part of the rewards for the successful organization of the Miss Africa Pageant, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today announced Mr. Mathias Amgbah who handled the social media component of the Miss Africa Pageant which just ended in Calabar, as his Senior Special Assistant on Web and
By Our Transport Correspondent Following months of complaints by motorists plying the Calabar – Itu federal highway, the road has been rehabilitated CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. CrossRiverWatch had reported in September that the Niger Delta Development Commission had begun the rehabilitation of the Highway with two contractors; Zenith construction handling repair work from Odukpani junction to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello Monday in Lokoja directed that a Cross Riverian Osang Moses be immediately employed into the state’s civil service following his commitment to teaching students at Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Adankolo for four years after he completed his National Youth Service Scheme in 2012. Governor Bello gave