by crossriverwatch admin Youths in Cross River State have been urged to take advantage of the opportunities created by the numerous investments coming into the state. The state Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Patrick Ugbe gave this admonition while flagging off the city walk for youths as part of activities marking the 2013 International
by crossriverwatch admin Tinapa business and leisure resort is set to receive the highest number of visitors since its establishment in 2006 with the Nigeria Bar Association Conference holding at the serene resort. The NBA National Conference which is slated from August 25th to 1st of September has already started creating impact in Calabar, with
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