By CrossRiverWatch Admin Another Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) staff has been abducted in Calabar, Cross River State capital, barely one year when a staff was kidnapped. Mrs. Glory Otu, Assistant Director, Monitoring Unit CRBC, was kidnapped on Monday, November 25, 2019, at about 9pm in her residence at Edim Otop, Calabar Municipality Local Government
By Patrick Obia, Ololo Kelvin and Ginini Ikpete The Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSSIEC), Dr. Ushie Michael Anake, has revealed that the reason why Local Government election has not conducted in the State since Ayade administration came onboard in 2015. According to him in a press conference this afternoon in his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of online newspaper CrossRiverWatch says it is contemplating a Court action against the Nigerian Correctional Service after the Cross River State command stopped all visitation to it’s publisher, Agba Jalingo who is remanded at the medium security custodial center in Calabar. The News Editor, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal made this known
By Patrick Obia Report has it that four houses, three cars and a laundry shop was on Tuesday 26th November, 2019 gutted by fire at Mount Zion by Uwanse, Calabar South LGA of Cross River State, due to a electric fault which eventually resulted to spark. The outbreak which happened at 2pm in the day
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Cross River State, Mr. Odey Oyama, has denied news of him been appointed as the Chairman, Anti-Deforestation Task Force by Governor Ben Ayade. In a short telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch reporter, Mr. Odey claim he is not aware of any appointment because
Being text of the welcome address presented by the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams (PDP Yakurr II) at the presentation of the 2020 budget estimates. Your Excellency, I wish to very warmly welcome you to the hallowed Chamber of the Cross River State House of Assembly. I recall
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja told state legislatures that the delay in their autonomy was constrained by the constitution of the country. According to the a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president said the constitution upholds the standard for all public officers and institutional operations. He
By Ilam Patricia A minor cabinet shuffling in Cross River State has led to Summit Hills, a real estate operated by the Government having three different managing directors (MD) in less than three months. Mr. Joseph Edet Isoh popularly referred to as ‘La Shakara’ is now the new MD, a statement signed by Governor Ben