By Jonathan Ugbal The remains of the immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education, Obudu, Eugene Ibli, was laid to rest Saturday, in his native Ohong village in Obudu local government. Ibli, who served as Provost of the institution from 2011 till 2015 passed away on Wednesday April 20, 2016 after a brief
By CrossRiverWatch admin Governor Ayade has just incorporated Callywood and has appointed Hollywood Meets Nollywood Cross River State born filmmaker, Egor Efiok, to run it. CrossRiverWatch reported a few months ago that Egor won an Award Of Excellence in Hollywood and shared photos of her award and the event. We are pleased to see Governor
By Ogar Monday, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly was Tuesday forced to postpone its plenary due to power outage, just as the House was deliberating on the proposed Grazing Reserve Bill at the National Assembly. The power failure occurred while members were deliberating on the item “Matters of Urgent
By CrossRiverWatch admin “Our target is to create 500 to 1,000 jobs in the first 100 days. We will sanction errant civil servants who fail to be in their offices by 8.10 a.m.”… Ben Ayade (June 1, 2015) Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, will like his counterparts elected in the 2015 general elections, across the
By CrossRiverWatch admin A former Deputy Director and Head of Voter Education of INEC in Cross River State, Edem Okon Effanga who was arrested last month by the EFCC for allegedly collecting N241,127,000 bribe from the N23.3Billion Diezani election bribe scandal is an elder in the Apostolic Church in Calabar. Mr. Effanga’s branch of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Three female priests were attacked, stabbed and dispossessed of their money and other valuables last Monday on their way to morning worship in Calabar. The priests, aged between 20 and 25, are members of the ‘144,000 Virgins Body’ of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, BCS led by Olumba Olumba Obu.
By CrossRiverWatch admin The former Spokesperson of the Department of State Security DSS, Ms. Marilyn Ogar, has eulogized Nelly Abi and Obiom Enagu Ogar who got wedded yesterday at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Life Camp, Abuja. She described the couples as two young people who are focused and have a lot to contribute towards
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State government has debunked reports in some sections of the media that there is an impending outbreak of Diarrhoea disease in the State Capital Calabar, due to piles of rubbish littering the streets. The news which has been lingering in the press since early in the week has created