by crossriverwatch admin Criticisms have continued to trail the recent recommendation of the House of Representative Ad hoc committee on composition and pigmentation of cement which reportedly overlooked the preponderance of submissions from majority stakeholders but acceded to a minority proposition that the “42.5mpa cement grade should be the minimum standard for construction works because
by crossriverwatch admin It was a pathetic sight at the 13th Brigade Premises of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday as thousands of youths converged to write the examination for recruitment into the Nigeria Army. Applicants crowded the field in the premises and spilled over to the pavements of adjoining Barracks
by crossriverwatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch has is that one Mr. Udo, a resident of Becroft Street in Calabar South Local Government in Cross River, is now at large after allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death yesterday. A source who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that Udo stabbed his brother, Ekpenyong at a barbing
by crossriverwatch admin Worried by the growing menace of insurgency which has literally crippled some parts of the North East of the country, Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, yesterday proffered ways out of the maelstrom. Delivering a speech at a conference organised by the Northern States Christians Elders’ Forum (NOSCEF) held at the
by crossriverwatch admin The Vice Chancellor, Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH Prof. Anthony Owan Eno has charged his institution’s new Students’ Union Government, SUG team to shun cultism. The call was made in Calabar at the inauguration ceremony of the SUG where the VC also charged the entire students to stop defacing the buildings
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