By CrossRiverWatch Admin The woman in the Photo op with Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River shared by his aides during the commissioning of 52 housing units has not been given a house. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that contrary to the earlier reported 400 housing units, only 52 were built. Two of those units are
By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter, Kelvin Ololo – Reporter, Godwin Otang – Reporter and Marylyn Uyanah – Reporter Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River is yet to vote in the ongoing Local Government elections in the State. Mr. Ayade and his wife are registered in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has handed over newly built and furnished 400 housing unit to Bakassi IDPs. The Governor gave out the housing units today as he pleaded to do more. See pictures below.
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Forty-one suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and gangsters have been paraded by the Cross River State Police Command. The suspects were paraded on Wednesday by the State Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, at the command headquarters, Calabar. Among the suspects is Francis Jeremiah, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old step-daughter in Bakassi.
By George Odok As part of measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River State has arrested 9 Cameroonians for illegal entry into Cross River through the Mfum border in Entung Local Government Area of the State and at the Ikang border post in Bakassi.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government says it will continue to train internally displaced persons on the need to engage on some form of economic activity to better their lives. This commitment was made earlier this week at the Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem and Ikot Effiom Obutong camps for returnees of the Bakassi peninsula which
By Agency Report The lawmaker representing Etung State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Barrister Chris Njah Mbu-Ogar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the Supreme Court verdict which mandates the Federal Government to in perpetuity, pay the State NGN15 billion yearly as compensation for loosing the Bakassi Peninsula to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria did not challenge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment which ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon because it would have made the country look “irresponsible” in the comity of nations, Mohammed Bello Adoke has said. The former Attorney-General of the Federation also revealed that for the first time Cross River