By CrossRiverWatch admin The remains of late Stanley Etim, 23 year old shop keeper who was arrested from his work place (Sparkz shop Etta Agbor, Calabar) on February 5, 2015 over allegations of armed robbery but died in police custody has been laid to rest. The burial which held over the weekend was officiated by
By Emmanuel Unah and Onem Bassey Controversy is currently raging over the planned extension of the East West road which runs from Delta through Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States and with the approval of former President Goodluck Jonathan of the request made by former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, would terminate
By CrossRiverWatch admin Ex-Governor Donald Duke of Cross River has said that he developed culture and tourism in order to rescue the State from financial crunch. Duke made the explanation in a presentation at the Culture and Tourism Summit hosted by Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in Abuja on Thursday. He said that following
By Our Reporter Following deliberations from an enlarged meeting of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ), held at the organization’s secretariat in Calabar, it has been unanimously agreed to kick start the process of getting a new chairman and other executive members to run the affairs of the organization. It will be recalled
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Director General, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency, CRISSAA Mr. Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone has disclosed that his agency will soon launch Calabar Creative Hub, an idea creation and birth center project. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch he explained that “Calabar Creative Hub is a limited liability company, its Bureau of Public Private Partnership
By Archibong Jeremiah Basic Rights Council Initiative has criticized the Cross River State Government for rounding up street kids in Calabar. The Childs’ right group made their position known in a press statement made available to CrossRiverWatch recently in Calabar. The statement reads in part “It cannot be gainsaid that this combatant raiding of street
By Ogar Monday The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), Dr. Betta Edu has promised the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp 2, Bakassi that her Agency with support from the State Government will establish a health post in the camp so as to bring basic medical care closer to them.
By Ogar Monday Member representing Ikom/Boki at the House of Representative, Hon. Christopher Agibe has urged the Federal Government to rethink its’ malaria eradication program, by shunning the propaganda of the USA on the use of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to stop malaria. Hon. Agibe who spoke to journalists in an event organized to commiserate the World