By Ogar Monday The Nigeria International Kukkiwon Taekwondo Master Course and Hanmadang Referee course to train instructors in Taekwondo has been held in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital. Speaking through an interpreter at the opening ceremony, President, World Taekwondo Academy Prof. Kim Hyung Sung said he was grateful and indeed elated that the Hanmadang
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has sacked about 250 women who sweep roads in Calabar metropolis for asking for their ten months salary arrears. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the sack was occasioned by an impromptu protest by the aggrieved women who trekked to catch up with the governor
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State Tuesday, elected new members of its state executive committee during a congress held at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar with notable party stakeholders absent. The congress was devoid of rancour with governor Ayade’s Commissioner for Infrastructure, Edim Inok, emerging as Chairman in
By Our Correspondent Academic activities have resumed in the University of Calabar with students expressing diverse opinions on the issue. Lectures resumed Thursday, following the expiration of the one week solidarity strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after gunmen invaded the varsity’s staff quarters, abducting one Dr. SO
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has gathered reliably from sources in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that former Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke was yesterday quizzed at the Port Harcourt office of the Commission over his alleged involvement in the N23.29billion election bribe scandal. An operative of the Commission told CrossRivrWatch that Imoke
By CrossRiverWatch admin It is no longer news that the 260km Super Highway, one of Governor Ayade’s signature projects expected to commence from Bakassi to Obudu and empty into the northern part of the country, is meeting with opposition from various quarters, ranging from environmentalists to affected communities to the government at the center. This
By Our Correspondent The nucleus of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State may soon explode as protests have continued to trail the various Ward and Local government congresses in the State held last week and how the congress for the state level scheduled for today Tuesday 10th May would produce an
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Betta Edu on behalf of the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, received 10 direct solar drive refrigerators and 10 solar power sets from European Union Support Immunization Governance in Nigeria (E.U SIGN) for the State. Handing over the items, E.U