By CrossRiverWatch admin Militants in Bakassi Local government of Cross River State have warned their ilk in the creeks of Bayelsa and Delta state to desist from continuous bombing of oil pipelines and ,embrace dialogue as an option to end the crisis in the region. In a message to the Niger Delta Avengers, the leader
By Jonathan Ugbal The Obubra campus of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) which houses the faculty of Agriculture was closed for 72 hours following a resurgence in the Nko and Mkpani communal clash. Students were directed to vacate the school premises on Monday, June 6, 2016 till further notice with Examinations across the
By Ekemini Raymond Immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor James Epoke has returned to the class room to lecture, after his five years tenure as the Vice Chancellor of the institution. Epoke is now lecturing Virology, a course offered by 4th year students of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences. In
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Works Engineer Dane Osimasu has disclosed that the State Government has spent a total of over 20Billion Naira on the rehabilitation of Federal roads and is yet to be reimbursed by the Federal Government. The Works Commissioner who made the disclosure in his office while speaking
By CrossRiverWatch admin A mentally deranged lady, possibly in her thirties, yesterday, Thursday June 9, 2016 delivered a female child on (Ndidem Usang Iso) Marian road, Calabar’s most highbrow street at about 3:50pm. Eyewitnesses and shop owners around who saw the incident told CrossRiverWatch that the lady has been a familiar face in the neighbourhood
By Godshield Kanjal for PremiumTimes Many are feared dead in an ongoing clash between two rival gangs in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, the police, residents and witnesses have told PREMIUM TIMES. Trouble started when a tricycle operator belonging to a cult group named the “Marvians,” refused to pay a loading
By CrossRiverWatch admin At least 150 lawyers have applied for employment into the Cross River State Civil Service as Law Officers in the Ministry of Justice. This followed the recent approval by the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade that 30 lawyers be employed as Law Officers to boost the workforce in the State Ministry of
By Our Reporter A decomposing body of an adult male has been left in a pool of flies under the Goodluck Jonathan bypass, by the right side while driving in from Lemna entering from 8 Miles, Calabar. Our reporter who visited the scene says, “The body is rotten, swollen and stinking badly. It appears he