by crossriverwatch admin Contrary to initial threats to disrupt work should the November 1 dateline for handing over to the new management go on without payment of their entitlements, the management and other workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Calabar District on Friday went about their normal duties. Correspondents, who visited the
by crossriverwatch admin The son of a senior staff of the Fire and Safety Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN was amongst three secondary school pupils that were arrested yesterday October 31, 2013 by Police men from the Calabar Airport division. CrossRiverWatch gathered that Jesam Ikpi along with two of his friends,
In 2004, I was invited to attend a presentation in Washington DC where a young vibrant Governor from Nigeria and his team where to talk about prospects of a new market place and tourist attraction in Africa. I attended the presentation. I listened with all intent as a South African Consultant talked about this vision,
by crossriverwatch admin Owing to intractable traffic congestion experienced around the popular Calabar Watt Market in the Cross River State capital, the Imoke administration during the first term in office, in a bid to ease the situation and reduce the spate of fatal accidents at the spot that has taken the lives of several pedestrians
by crossriverwatch admin A child right protection group, Basic Rights Counsel in Calabar has challenged the Cross River State House of Assembly to Review the activities of the state ministry of social welfare and community development under the tenure of Barrister Patricia Endeley, the incumbent commissioner. The group accused the commissioner of insensitivity and dereliction
by crossriverwatch admin A fatal road accident around 5pm this evening along Ikom/Calabar High Way at Adim in Biase LGA of Cross River State has claimed eight (8) lives on the spot while three (3) survivors have been rushed to a hospital at Ugep by policemen from the Biase Divisional Headquarters. Eye-witnesses told CrossRiverWatch that
by crossriverwatch admin Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross State has issued an executive order banning the use of motorcycles in Calabar, the state capital and its environs. In a statement by the state’s Security Adviser, Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the governor said any violation of the order would attract severe penalty. It read: “Governor Imoke has
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Liyel Imoke, the Cross River State governor has again demanded for compensation in perpetuity for the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula by Nigeria to Cameroon in compliance with the International Court of Justice, ICJ ruling at the Hague. This demand is contained in his position paper presented to the Presidential Committee on