by crossriverwatch admin For criticizing the annual Calabar Festival/Carnival, Cross River State Youths under the auspices of the All Cross River Youth Forum, ACRIYOF, have asked the State government to call, Major Ibrahim Shofolahan, the Imam of 13 Brigade Mosque in Calabar to order. In a statement on Sunday, signed by the groups coordinator and
by crossriverwatch admin The sustained vigilance of undercover police operatives with the Cross River State Police Command successfully arrested a gang of heavily armed militants and nipped in the bud their plans to strike Calabar during the annual Calabar Festival and disrupt the festivities. The Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr Kola Sodipo said Friday
by crossriverwatch admin A fire which razed number 7 Amika Utuk Street, a residential house in Calabar the Cross River State capital has left scores homeless even as two persons sustained serious injuries. Though residents of the burnt building narrowly escaped death, two persons were however injured and property worth millions of naira was destroyed.
by crossriverwatch admin It is unimaginable but true, Nigerians spend billions of naira in India yearly on medical tourism. Within the last five years, the Indian embassy recorded the highest number of visa request from any single country seeking permits to visit India for medical reasons from Nigeria with exception of United States. The failure
by crossriverwatch admin The pervasive conformity in the northern part of Cross River State was again jolted on the 31st of December 2013 when the Jedy Solidarity Movement, JSM, a group which supports the governorship aspiration of Goddy Jedy Agba held a symposium at the Civic Center in Obudu. Jubilant and expectant volunteers, party supporters
by crossriverwatch admin For three years, the roofs of two-storey blocks meant to take twelve classrooms each at the Pin Margaret Secondary School in Calabar South have been abandoned by the contractor. All he could do with the millions of Naira given to him was to erect the structures and place some wood on the
by crossriverwatch admin In a bid to consolidate on the gains of sport tourism in the state and country at large, the Cross River State government has reached a mutual partnership agreement with Active Sports Foundation and Connect Marketing Services to stage the first international marathon and carnival race known as “Calabar Marathon And Carnival
by crossriverwatch admin The male undergraduate robber who alongside two female colleagues was stripped naked by mob last month for robbing a Calabar based business woman has died in hospital. The male suspect, whose name was given as Eze Okechukwu, with two of his female accomplices were rounded up while attempting to dispossess a businesswoman