by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke this evening recalled his suspended Commissioners and Special Advisers who have been out of work since December 2013. It will be recalled that governor Imoke on December 2, 2013 suspended seven of his commissioners and thirteen special advisers for failing to attend activities marking
by crossriverwatch admin If you’re driving through Ikom, CRState, and happen to stop by Total Filling Station at 4 Corners to re-fuel, you are most likely to see this man, who’ll readily solicit for alms. Like the Jamaican Reggae man of the late 70s, U-Roy, or the famed “Mountain Man” of Obudu Ranch Resort, he
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has been described as a one of the stabilisers and trail blazers of Nigeria politics in the recent time. Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this during his address at tan empowerment program organized by Hon. Daniel Asuquo, member representing
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has referred to the ethics and disciplinary committee some of its members over their role in the recent publications about the Union and whose conduct the, Union say, is suspect. Rising from its monthly Congress of January 2014, the state council
by crossriverwatch admin The first rainfall in 2014 was recorded in Calabar in the early hours of Saturday with heavy thunderstorms and strong winds. The rain which started at about 3:45am early Saturday however did not fall in some parts of Calabar Municipal Council Area. Calabar weather has been unfriendly in the past weeks with
by crossriverwatch admin In southern part of Calabar, the Cross River State capital popularly called Calabar South, on a popular street, Inyang, at the Afokang Street intersection stands a mysterious edifice. The walls of the house which have several apartments with lockup stores at the front row are painted black and bear several strange inscriptions.
by crossriverwatch admin Ex-Militants operating under the umbrella of Bakassi Freedom Fighters (BFF) have threatened to resume hostilities in the Bakassi Water Ways for allegedly being excluded from the ongoing Federal government amnesty training as well as the non-payment of monthly stipends. The ex-militants numbering over 100 staged a protest at the Government House Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin One of Nigeria’s headline rapper and musician, Okekechukwu, popularly known as “Nigga Raw” has donated to Mrs. Imoke’s Destiny Child project. Abia state born Nigga Raw as he is popularly known is undoubtedly Nigeria’s pioneer of rap lyrics in indigenous ‘Igbo Language’ and has been in the music industry for more than