by crossriverwatch admin The National Vice Chairman of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC Comrade Hilliard Eta has given Governor Liyel Imoke and his Party, the PDP notice to pack out their remaining luggage in the Cross River State government house, aka, Peregrino House, as the alternative to Imoke’s “government of oppression, deceit and poverty
by crossriverwatch admin Economic Activities in Calabar the Cross River State capital and most parts of the state have grounded to a halt following the ongoing strike by the Petrol Tanker Drivers’ Association, PTDA. The strike which started last week over disagreement between the Cross River State Government and the PTDA over a parcel of
by crossriverwatch admin The Independent National Electoral Commission targets the distribution of voters card to every eligible voter in Cross River State come July 18 when the distribution of Permanent Voters Card commences in the state. Mr. Michael Igini, the Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner who stated this in Calabar on Tuesday while inaugurating
by crossriverwatch admin As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the International Father’s Day, the son of a late Irish missionary doctor who worked in Cross River State between 1949 – 1958 has began the hunt for his father’s track record in the state as part of a compendium for the father’s
by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Eno-Obong Nathaniel, a native of Akpabuyo Local Government who was reported to be sick and stranded in Calabar has given up the ghost. His lifeless body was found early this morning as at about 6:20am lingering at the edge of a gutter at no. 6A Hawkins road (Government Primary School Hawkins),
by crossriverwatch admin Farmers in Cross River State are fighting blackpod disease as rainfall increases in the South East of the country. “The rain pattern is causing infection to crops,” Godwin Ukwu, a farmer and spokesman for the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, said in a phone interview on Wednesday from Ikom, the largest cocoa-producing area
by crossriverwatch admin The Conference of Cross River State Professionals has called on delegates from Cross River State to the ongoing national conference to reopen the issue of conducting a referendum for the people of Bakassi to determine whether they want to go to Cameroon, stay in Nigeria or become a nation of their own.
by crossriverwatch admin “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice. But there must never be a time when we fail to protest” –Elie Wiesel I wish this great scholar had my dear beloved Cross Riverians in mind when he made this statement, the present political dimension in the state as we