by crossriverwatch admin “Our politics cannot and should not be allowed to continue to divide us, our past wrong and present mistakes should not stand in the way because we must be our brothers’ keeper to advance”. This assertion was reechoed by Mr. Goddy Jeddy Agba during the Re-Build Nigeria Initiative, Cross River State chapter’s
by crossriverwatch admin Chief Vincent Ovat, a permanent Secretary in Cross River State has absolved himself of any complicity in the raging communal conflict in Ofodua community in Obubra Local Government Area of the state. CrossRiverWatch had last week exclusively reported the raging conflict in the community in which lives and property have been destroyed
by crossriverwatch admin As the people of Cross River state join Christian World over to celebrate Christmas in grandstyle, the hope of the people of Bakassi Returnees living at Akwa Ikot Eyo-Edem in Akpabuyo Local Government Area to celebrate the season may have been dashed except some one come to their rescue. When CrossRiverWatch visited
by crossriverwatch admin The National Conscience Party (NCP) and People Progressive Alliance, PPA have called on a Calabar High court to enforce the judgment which annulled the candidature of three Local Government Chairmen in Cross River State, who were sworn in on Monday. The two parties have filed a motion in the court urging it
by crossriverwatch admin The male undergraduate robber who alongside two female colleagues was stripped naked by mob last month for robbing a Calabar based business woman has died in hospital. The male suspect, whose name was given as Eze Okechukwu, with two of his female accomplices were rounded up while attempting to dispossess a businesswoman
by crossriverwatch admin A Three year old boy, Victor Offiong Edem was snatched away by an unknown person at the Assemblies of God’s Church 14, Nnmandi Azikiwe Street Calabar South during Sunday service on 15th December, 2013. The father of the boy, Mr Offiong Edem, a staff of College of Health Technology, Calabar said he
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Head of Service, Ntunkae Mary-Theresa Ikwen has disclosed that between 2012 and 2013, 1,074 civil/public servants retired from the state civil service while 9606 were promoted across board in ministries, departments and agencies in the state. Ikwen, who spoke in Calabar on Thursday while briefing Journalists, explained that the
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Gabriel Ugor, the former Chairman of Yala Local Government Area was on Thursday morning arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at Okpoma, the council headquarters. Ugor, a source from the Council told CrossRiverWatch was arrested at the Okpoma, few minutes before the time he was scheduled