by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State, Nigeria’s second-largest cocoa grower, has concluded plans to sell five government-owned farms in a bid to boost production of the commodity with private investment. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg, the Executive Secretary of Cross River State Council on Privatization, Dave Amiye, said bidding for the cocoa farms which
by crossriverwatch admin A lecturer in the Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Mr. Okon Effiong Ekpenyong, has lost four teeth after he was allegedly brutalised by some officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River State command, for traffic offence. Ekpenyong, who narrated his ordeal to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, said his vehicle
by crossriverwatch admin Today the Henshaw Town Primary School, Egerton Calabar South was plunged into confusion as a pupil slumped. Master Paul Eyo as at few minutes to 10am while receiving English lesson was said to have taken an excuse that he’s pressed and he was permitted to go ease himself but shortly after he
by crossriverwatch admin An unidentified Cameroonian on Wednesday morning caused a stampede in the Young Shall Grow Motors park along Marian Road when he attacked a man without provocation inflicting him with a severe cut stirring speculation that he is a Boko Haram member. The man a source at the Young Shall Grow Motors told
by crossriverwatch admin The Managing Director Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Mr. Michael Williams has said that Aero Contractors will begin test flights to the Obudu Airstrip before the end of 2014. The Jamaica born technocrat revealed that some time ago the bureau purchased an aircraft and is been refurbished by Aero and when it’s
by crossriverwatch admin The President, National Association of Cross River State Students World Wide, NACRISS WW Comrade Philomina Agweye has expressed worries over acts of some undisclosed members of her union who she alleged pay courtesy visits and solicit for financial support in the name of the Union without her official approval and at times
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a new dump site for the Cross River Waste Management Agency. The House approved that the present dump site at Lemna road in Calabar, should be relocated to Awi Gmelina Plantation in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Presenting the report,
by crossriverwatch admin As the 2015 political year approaches, political leaders in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have been urged to do the will of God and the decision of the people to avoid bloodshed prophecies in Cross River State. The Bishop and National Vice President of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev.