By Jonathan Ugbal Telecommunications giant, Globacom Nigeria has launched fourth generation long term evolution (4G-LTE) in new Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Cross River State. These include Odukpani, Akamkpa and Yala LGAs. The service is currently the most advanced in the country and guarantees faster internet services while the world awaits wide deployment of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Policemen attached to Operation Akpakwu, a joint task force of the Cross River State government have rescued a kidnapped victim hours after her abduction in Calabar, the State capital. “Today, 20th September 2021, at about 11:00AM, one Mrs Ruth Jerome of No 3B Ikot Nkebre, in Calabar was kidnapped from her resident
By Patrick Obia The renovated secretariat of the Cross River State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) was last weekend commissioned by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Florence Obi. The Chairman, Daniel Obo had told CrossRiverWatch that the NYCN was no longer been taken serious and as part of
By Patrick Obia The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) on Wednesday, became the first tertiary medical institution in South South Nigeria to perform an open heart surgery. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Ikpeme Ikpeme, disclosed this in an appreciation letter to staff which said the patient was safely wheeled out of Intensive Care
By Maxwell Effiong And Emmanuel Eni Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have been charged to embrace entrepreneurial development for easy spiritual reliance. This was the central theme of the multi-stake career fair, organised by the church in Calabar, where thousands of young men and women were urged to be self
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday arrested thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. 17 were arrested at a location on Post Office Street, Royal Estate, off Ikot Omin, while 10 were apprehended
By Kejuo Regina More than five years after the Cross River Government signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Waste to Wealth initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme by the federal government and the Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada, the State has announced a collaboration with France on a similar project. The
By Archibong Jeremiah A truck loaded with goods just fell while negotiating Technical roundabout, 8 Miles, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. No one was hurt from the accident, no law enforcement agent had arrived the scene since it happened (11am and 11:34am). Though men of the Special Forces of the Nigerian Police mounted check point