Culled from Sunday Independent The All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to close down Abuja, the federal capital city, if by July 31, 2013 the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fails to recognise it as a registered political party. The APC is a merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria People’s Party
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke yesterday performed the ground breaking for the construction of the new Institute of Technology and Management in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government. The Institute, which is to be run by the Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, will commence academic programs in October, the Governor disclosed. The
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has said that government will need to spend at least 65billion Dollars annually to achieve the infrastructure master plan target for the South South States. The Governor who made this revelation in Calabar during the week while delivering a keynote speech to declare open a
by crossriverwatch admin Forty vessels used for oil theft and other illegal activities in the Calabar water channel have been arrested by officers of the Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy Calabar. Admiral J .O Aikhomu, the Flag Officer Commanding, FOC, Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy confirmed the arrest of the vessels
by crossriverwatcch admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor James Epoke has said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU has disrupted the academic calendar of the institution which was planned to end by September 2013. Epoke who spoke in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch said the strike
by crossriverwatch admin The online version of CrossRiverWatch yesterday hit the one million visitors mark making it the most widely read independent news media in the state. The online medium which debuted on August 27, 2012 has weathered the storm and grown through the past eleven months to become a reliable news medium for a
by crossriverwatch admin In the wake of preparations for the Local Government polls scheduled for September by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission CROSIEC, several opposition parties have dragged the state electoral umpire to Court to determine sundry issues including seeking an order to restrain INEC from handing the voters register to CROSIEC for
by crossriverwatch admin One Barrister James Etudo and one hundred and twenty four other corpses including an unidentified leg abandoned in the mortuary of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital are to be given mass burial by the hospital authorities within the next one week. The hospital which conveyed the information to the public through