By John Ushie An unidentified man was this morning shot dead by the police in Obudu for allegedly attempting to raid the police station along with his cohorts who were lucky to escape. The alleged invaders were said to have arrived the station about midnight but met stiff resistance from policemen who succeeded in shooting
by crossriverwatch admin The National Pension Commission today, Friday commissioned its’ South South Zonal office in Diamond Hill, Calabar. The Acting Director General of the Commission, Ms. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu said the Commission thought it expedient to establish zonal offices in all the six geopolitical zones of the country as way of decentralizing it activities to
by crossriverwatch admin In a bid to clean up notorious hide outs in Calabar South, the Cross River State command of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency on Friday announced the success of their Thursday raids in parts of Calabar South Local Government with the arrest of thirty narcotic drug peddlers in a special operation
by crossriverwatch admin A Calabar High Court on the 18th of June 2013 restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Cross River State Attorney General, Mr. Attah Ochinke and the chairman of Calabar South, Mr. Ekeng Henshaw from presenting one Ekanem Ekpenyong as the PDP councilorship candidate for ward seven in the coming local government
by crossriverwatch admin Athletics Federation of Nigeria President, Mr Solomon Ogba said in Calabar on Tuesday where the National Athletics Championship is taking place that the 2013 championship will be remarkably different from the past events as the standard will be raised to allow only athletes who have known time record to participate. He said
by crossriverwatch admin With an annual double digit growth rate of 30%, Nigeria’s economy ranks amongst the fastest growing in the world and that accounts for government’s aim of attaining a 4,000 Dollars Gross Domestic Product, GDP in the next ten years. President Goodluck Jonathan made this declaration on today in Calabar while performing the
by crossriverwatch admin Hon. Uduak Eyo Akiba, Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly who represents Calabar Municipality state constituency has denied assaulting a female police corporal at the weekend. In a telephone chat with CrossRiverWatch yesterday before absconding abroad, Hon Akiba said it was not true that she punched and slapped
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the Cross River State Security Adviser has called on the Federal Road Safety Corps to stop the issuance of drivers’ licenses to illiterates without adequate education and sensitization on road signs and how to obey such signs. Mr. Bassey who made the call on Friday in his office in