by crossriverwatch admin For three days running, Monday Tuesday, and Wednesday, Calabar, the Cross River State capital and environs have been subjected to constant persistent rainfall which effectively paralyzed business activities. The persistent droning which starts in the wee hours of the day goes on intermittently all day long and this has left some houses
by crossriverwatch admin Muslim faithfuls praying today at the Eastern Naval Command mosques in Calabar The annual eid-il fitr prayers which are normally observed in an open arena by Muslim faithfuls could not hold in Calabar on Thursday due to heavy downpour in the city. The prayers were however observed in the various Juma’at mosques
by crossriverwatch admin A taxi cab said to be carrying traders who were on their way to Onitsha, Anambra State to buy goods crashed into a deep drainage along MCC Road Calabar this morning after armed robbers gave it a hot chase in order to rob the traders. According to Ukpong, an eye witness who
by crossriverwatch admin Doctor Sherif Akande, a lecturer with the Cross River State University of Technology, Obubra campus was amongst the 125 dead people whose bodies were lowered into a mass grave by the authorities of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, over the weekend. Dr. Akande who was a lecturer in the Department
by crossriverwatch admin The concept may have been necessary but the execution completely lacks thought for human life. That is the story of the newly erected roundabout at the Calabar International Conference Center and Murtala Mohammed highway which has become a death trap. Imposing and a masterpiece of sort, however, the builders of the roundabout, The
by crossriverwatch admin Three civil servants have been sacked while nine officers have been compulsorily retired and three demoted for acts of gross misconduct in Cross River State civil service this year. Mr. Brian Ekpong, the Chairman of the Cross River State Civil Service Commission who stated this in Calabar while speaking to newsmen added
by crossriverwatch admin Except urgent measures are taken by the government, lower and middle class citizens who use kerosene for domestic purposes in Calabar, the Cross River State capital may continue to sleep at the filling stations, CrossRiverWatch findings revealed. The commodity which is majorly used by ordinary people has become very scarce within Calabar
by crossriverwatch admin The First Gulf of Guinea Regional Maritime Awareness Capacity Conference in Calabar will not just transform the sub-zone but build stronger formation amongst member nations. Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State made the assertion at a state banquet in honor of participants of the conference, saying that Cross River being a