By Sylvia Akpan Following a disturbing viral video allegedly showing an elderly man being enclosed in a casket alongside a corpse by a group of irate youths, Authorities in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State have begun an intensive investigation into the matter. The video, which surfaced online on November 20, 2025, shows
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured that the Senate will participate fully in the burial of former President of the Senate, Dr. Joseph Wayas. Akpabio gave the assurance when a delegation of leaders from Cross River State, led by former Justice Minister, Chief Kanu Agabi, paid him a courtesy
By Patrick Obia Three years after the demise of the former Senate President of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Wayas, and his corpse deposited at London Hospital, the United Kingdom, and three months after his body touched down, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, all is set to commit his remains to mother earth. According to ‘Who is
By Patrick Obia Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has announced the Central Planning Committee members for a befitting state burial for the late Dr. Joseph Wayas, a former Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2nd republic, who died over two years, nine months ago. At the instance and intervention
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In an occasion graced by eminent sons and daughters of Cross River State across the globe and well-meaning Nigerians of no mean repute to pay their last respect to the departed paramount ruler, His Royal Majesty Uti (Dr) J.D. Agba OON, Uti Itedem III of Utugwang, Uti Ukani I of Obudu and
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu yesterday commiserate with Sen. Stephen Odey the demise of his father, Chief Michael Odey Mboh. Sen. Stephen Odey, is the former Chairman at State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, and briefly represented the Northern Senatorial District of the State in the
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, and his Delta State counterpart, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and other dignitaries have bid farewell to a former Divisional Manager of the defunct Mercantile Bank, Lagos, late Obong Ukpong Dan Umoh. Otu, who worked under the supervision of the deceased at
By Patrick Obia Former University of Calabar (UNICAL) Student Union Government’s (SUG) President, Afufu Anthony has laid to rest his dad and uncle. Anthony who is also an Ex-officio member of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) lost his father – the late Mr. Anthony Afufu Okpo and his uncle – the late Afufu