By Raymond Ekemini The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. James Epoke, has approved a total sum of seventeen million, Four hundred and fifty thousand (17,450,000) as the student union government budget for the 2014/2015 academic session. The approved budget, a copy of which was made available to CrossRiverWatch, is jointly signed by
By Aplefe Ojong The Federal High Court 6 sitting in Maitama, Abuja and presided over by Justice Adetokunbo Ademola (Jr.) on Friday March 20, 2015 declined jurisdiction in a case filed by Joe Agi (SAN) against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the April
By CrossRiverWatch admin Generational Voices (GenVoices) is partnering with British Council and Enough is Enough (EiE) to deliver a Citizens’ Debate on the upcoming elections in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This will be facilitated through GenVoices’ conversational platform called Gentalks. This builds on the extensive work that GenVoices and its partners have done
By Archibong Jeremiah The newly reintroduced stop and search operation by the Police in Cross River State has returned with its attendant challenge of extortion by policemen at different check points that they have erected around Calabar and environs. It will be recalled that in a recent courtesy call to the State Governor’s office, the
I obviously do not know who owns the road but it is a total disaster. I’ll tell you why. I set out on a journey to Obudu, Yes, my dear local government. Through the only means of transportation visible to the northern part of the state. I wasn’t frightened by the thought of passing through
By Archibong Jeremiah/Uduak Pepple Investigation by CrossRiverWatch has revealed that the Cross River State Water Board Limited, CRSWBL which is the only company handling water supply in the state has not supplied water to Calabar metropolis for over month. Several complaints by residents of the state capital had caused CrossRiverWatch reporters to go round the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and Chief Press Secretary to the Cross River State Governor, Mr. Christian Ita, has reacted quickly to allegations by the opposition Labor party that the PDP led government in Cross River State should be held responsible for the upsurge of violence in the state, particularly
One of Nollywood Diva and Cross River State born actress, Shan George in this chat with us began by expressing her love for her home; which she said slowly but seriously that her “love for Cross River state and the whole Akwa/Cross is too much”. It was on the occasion of the auditioning of her