By Patrick Obia Two out of fourteen boat passengers identified as Calabar University Medical Students Association are still missing at Calabar Marina Resort beach. Fourteenth of them had boarded the boat at Marina Beach for a ride in what was tagged ‘The Paradis Experience’ but along the line the boat capsized, emptied all 14 students
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Identical twins, Ikwo and Idak Effiom Effiong have allegedly lured and killed their elder brother Kokoette Effiom Effiong for their father’s landed property in Ikot Nakanda, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The duo who are now in the police net alleged they were ignorant their brother had acquired a
By Jonathan Ugbal Youths and concerned indigenes of Ijiraga community in Ukelle, Yala Local Government Area this morning intercepted and stopped a convoy of about 17 trucks conveying illegally logged woods from forests in Cross River State and heading towards Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. A source abreast of the matter told this reporter that after the
Emman Ovuakporie, TheNewsGuru The Federal Government has approved compulsory examination for the top echelon of the federal public service in 2023. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Management Career Service, Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation. In the circular,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Naval War College quarters have been commissioned in Calabar, Cross River State, and named after retired Rear Admiral Ekpenyong Okpo. Rear Admiral Ekpenyong Okpo, a Cross Riverian was a one-time Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, “whose penchant for capacity development is outstanding.” According to HitFMCalabar, the commissioning was held
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu in a meeting with Government House staff earlier today promised to attend to the issues bothering them and also promised to remodel the government house. The event had in attendance, the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Hon. Peter Odey, Chief
By Godwin Otang There is a subsisting controversy over the rightful ownership of 32 hectares of Cocoa Estate located at Abonita Cocoa Estate in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State. Findings by our reporter show that a certain Mr. Mark Prince is accused by a former state government aid on Cocoa Development and
By Patrick Obia And Godwin Otang The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ); a Union housing digital media platforms in the State and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council have lauded the Executive Governor of the State – Sen. Bassey Otu over the appointment of the