By Archibong Jeremiah The Paramount Ruler of Akamkpa Local Government Area, the Cross River State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ntufam John Okon among other sons and daughters of Akamkpa, have been inducted into the Community’s Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame award ceremony was organized by Stand Out International Magazine published
By Archibong Jeremiah There was a brief altercation in the office of the Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Asu Okang, on his first day in office where he chastised the State Chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN Benard Okori for informing him that the NYCN Head Office in
By Clement Oto-Obong Okpo Rekordz, a Calabar based record label has launched its fourth album, a twenty eight (28) tracks album titled “Welcome 2 Bateba” over the weekend at Jasper Night Club Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch during the event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the record label, Idongesit Eddy
By Our Correspondent Following the successful installation of all the components of the first ultra-modern monorail in West Africa that spans the Calabar International Conference Center (CICC) to the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Cross River state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed his determination to extend the facility to the Margaret Ekpo International Airport,
There is this saying “jack of all trade, master of none.” This has been the case in Cross River state. The policy “direction less-ness” of the Cross River state government. The Cross River state educational sector has consistently been fundamentally misdirected, suffering mostly from misleads of our poorly considered educational policy especially in this present
By Our Reporter Providence may just have been the only thing that prevented a huge fire disaster yesterday after a truck belonging to Oando Plc, fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol crashed into a shoe shop at No. 31 Target Street, Calabar. The incident which happened around 7pm according to
Atuaka/Linus Ogar By Ikwen The ban enforced on fireworks by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the yuletide will be enforced to the fullest in Obudu local government area says the Community Relations Officer (CRO) to the governor, Emmanuel Akwagiobe. Akwagiobe disclosed this in a meeting with the traders union and relevant government authorities
By CrossRiverWatch admin There are hopes that the deplorable state of the Yahe-Ukele-Igede highway may soon receive the attention of the federal government in the 2016 Appropriation proposal. This follows the moving of a motion by Hon. Jarigbe Agom, Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency calling on the House of Representatives to pass a resolution that