By Our Correspondent Following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that officials of the 2015 Hajj exercise should conduct head count to ascertain the number of Nigerian victims in the recent Hajj Stampede, the Cross River State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says no casualty was recorded among the pilgrims from the state. Head of Islamic
By Our Correspondent Nancy Agban is a graduate of Accounting from the University of Mkar, Benue State. Aged 25, this graduate waiting for her call up letter to serve her fatherland is already an employer of labor. On our Special Entrepreneurship Platform this week, you will meet Nancy Ndifon Agban, the Director of Rural Enterprise
By Ushang Ewa/Ikwen Atuaka Cross Riverians yesterday joined millions of other Nigerians to celebrate the 55th independence anniversary of the country with several events holding across the state to mark the occasion. In the capital city of Calabar, schools from the two local government areas that originally make up the metropolis (Calabar South and Municipal),
By Our Correspondent Residents around Flour Mills area of Calabar have told CrossRiverWatch that they are very happy about the demolition of the Peace Garden Hotel, a very notorious brothel in Calabar. The brothel is a very notorious hang out for hardened criminals who have been linked with several crimes that are committed in Calabar
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Public Service Joint Negotiating Council, JNC comprising the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress, TUC have said that the government of Governor Ayade which came on board with so much promise has not done more than making noise and blaring loud sirens in its first four months in
AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY SENATOR BEN AYADE, GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 55TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HELD ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2015 IN CALABAR Fellow Cross Riverians, Today offers us another opportunity to celebrate our nation’s Independence from her Colonial Masters. It is therefore with much delight and honour that I
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent The organized labor in Cross River state may embark on another strike beginning Friday, October 2, 2015 over non-payment of salaries and arrears as well as issues surrounding the almost 8billion Naira bailout funds. The organized Labor, consisting of Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress, action committee communicated
By Archibong Jeremiah A young man in his twenties was on Tuesday confirmed dead by authorities of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH after being stabbed. The deceased who was alleged to have engaged in a fight with one Iman (surname withheld) that afternoon between 2pm – 2:30pm at Asim Ikang, Big Qua, Calabar