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NUJ Press Week Starts in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Monday, 25th November, 2013, members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State chapter kick started the press week activities with a city walk across major streets in the state capital, Calabar. Mr. Omini Oden, the Chairman of the Press Week told CrossRiverWatch that the city walk which started at

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Calabar Residents Chase Pick Pocket Into Canal

by crossriverwatch admin There was a long traffic snarl as a huge crowd gathered along Atekong by Murtala Mohammed expressway junction in Calabar to watch a suspected pick pocket who jumped into the big drainage at the junction following a hot chase by residents after stealing from a passenger who was in the same public

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Don’t Pay For Medical Services, Imoke Tells Pregnant Women

by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has urged pregnant women not to pay for their medical treatment because such expenses are borne by the state. Speaking while flagging off the state Maternal New Born and Child Health Week at Sankwala, Obanliku Local Government Area, Imoke enjoined them not to pay for

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FG To Commence Reconstruction of Calabar-Itu Road – Minister

by crossriverwatch admin Modalities have been concluded by the Federal Government to commence the reconstruction of the deplorable Calabar – Itu Road which has impeded transportation within the south-south geo-political zone. Minister of State for Works, Amb. Bashir Yuguda disclosed this in Calabar after presenting the State’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to Governor Liyel Imoke

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Female Undergraduate Robbers, Accomplice to Appear in Court Soon

by crossriverwatch The two undergraduate female robbery suspects, Ebere Ugwu, Diezianne Umunna and their male accomplice, Chucks Igwe who on Friday attempted to rob a Calabar businesswoman of the sum of N1.5 Million Naira at gun point are soon to appear in court. Hogan Bassey, the Police Public Relations Officer for Cross River State, said

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Calabar Appeal Court Affirms Effiong Mbukpa As Muri Munene of The Efuts

by crossriverwatch admin The Appeal Court, Calabar Judicial division on Friday, upheld the ruling of a Calabar High Court, which affirmed Muri Effiong Mbukpa as the Muri Munene of Calabar South and the current Grand Patriarch of Efut kingdom. The ruling is sequel to an appeal brought by three Efut Muris: Muri Okokon Edet Edem,

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Two Female Undergraduates Stripped Naked For Robbery in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Two female undergraduate robbery suspects and their male partner in crime were battered and stripped naked in Calabar on Friday afternoon for attempting to rob a Calabar-based businesswoman of N1. 5million Naira. The three suspects operating in a gulf car were accosted by a taxi driver at about 4pm along the Murtala

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Office of The First Lady is Unconstitutional – Cross River First Lady

by crossriverwatch admin Obioma Imoke, wife of the Cross River State Governor has also affirmed that the office of the First Lady is not in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. While speaking on a recent Personality TV Show, with screen diva, Mo Abudu on ‘Moments With Mo’ recently, the Cross River First

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