By Obeten Godfrey The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has concluded plans to resume it’s Post-Graduate Foreign scholarship to qualified indigenes of the Niger Delta region. This was contained in a statement signed by Clara Braide, S.A. Communications, Office of the Board Chairman of the Commission; and follows the approval by the Governing Board and
Officials of the Cross River state governnemt and officers of the Nigerian Navy in Calabar are putting finishing touches to preparations to receive President Buhari on Tuesday June 26, 2018 as the President returns to the state, this time, to commission the new completed Nigeria Navy Reference hospital and the Cross River state Rice Seeds
By Odey Ojeka Fourth term federal lawmaker, Honorable Bassey Ewa (PDP Abi/Yakurr) has declared his intention to run for the position of the Senator representing Cross River central senatorial district. Mr. Ewa made the declaration when he visited the Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana in his palace yesterday in Yakurr. Accompanied by the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The emergence of attacks by the Fulani Nomads is not strange to me and should not be to the Bette, Igede, and Ukel (Bekwara) people of both Cross River and the Tiv communities in Benue State. An attempt to trace the origin, exodus and settlement of the Bette Agba kindred as part
By Ilam Patricia A Cross River based Legal Practitioner, Barrister James Ibor has argued that there’s nothing to celebrate about the President’s assent to the law that gives the State Legislature and Judiciary financial autonomy, stating that “they both have had the powers and had not been able to exercise it.” Barrister James who is
By Ilam Patricia An activist and founder of Policy Alert, a Non-Governmental Organization with interest in open governance, Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan has said separation of powers in Nigeria and Cross River State in particular is in theory, not practical. Mr. Tijah made this known while speaking on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” Sunday, on HIT
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana has disclosed to CrossRiverWatch, his reason for traditionally accepting the apology of the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla. The monarch said he was bound to accept the apologies as a father. “Obla visited me today to apologise, I
By Our Reporter Eno Iyamba, Esq.of the Cross River State Ministry of Justice has been inaugurated as the Chairman, Cross River State Young Lawyers Forum of NBA Calabar Branch. The election which held Thursday at the premises of the State Judiciary Headquarters along Mary Slessor Avenue, Calabar Municipality was supervised by the NBA Calabar Branch