By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yakurr local government area of central Cross River State has been declared open defecation free (ODF). This makes it the third local government area to attain that status after Obanliku and Abi local government areas attained a similar feat. Cross River is one of the states implementing the United Nations Children’s Education
By Ushang Ewa and Violet Isek Security agencies operating in Cross River state have been silent despite unconfirmed information dominating public discourse that over two dozen are feared dead in renewed hostilities between Osopong in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State and Izzi local government area of Ebonyi state. Calls and text
By Ushang Ewa Almost six weeks after the denial of the sack of the Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board Limited, Mr. Godwin Igile, the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has appointed the Executive Secretary of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Stephen Odey as administrator of the state owned company. This
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has cautioned against the use of mud blocks in the construction of buildings as well as allowing moulded blocks to stay a minimum of twenty eight days before use. The Coordinator of the organization in Cross River State, Mr. Michael Ogbuji disclosed this weekend in Calabar
By Violet Isek Women in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State are currently protesting what they term as neglect following the continuous invasion of their villages especially in Osopong communities by neighboring Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The women who stormed the local government secretariat in their numbers have chased
By Jonathan Ugbal The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr. John Gaul Lebo (PDP, Abi) has said that the 8th Assembly cannot go against the norms to publish budgets of the Cross River State government. The 2016 and 2017 budgets have not been accessed by anyone outside a few state actors while
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has released details of the two students killed last weekend by suspected gangstars. The varsity which in a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday said security has been intensified around and within the campus following the directives of the Vice Chancellor, Professor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Preamble There has been an interesting ongoing debate as the 2019 elections approaches about who should be the rightful candidate to represent Cross River State Central in the upper legislative chamber (The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria). The Nigerian Senate is the highest law making body in Nigeria, and, as