By CrossRiverWatch Admin Simbee Davis, an upcoming actress, has accused Innocent Udeme Udofot, singer better known as MC Galaxy, of sexually abusing her some years back – The Cable reports. She brought the revelation to light days after Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), made the news following accusations of sexual assault. Last
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Bakassi youths took to the streets and marched to the Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday to demand the return of the 76 oil wells handed to Akwa Ibom State by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 after a Supreme Court judgment. The youths led by Kingsley Asuquo carried placards
By Nakanda Iyadim Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has again expressed his willingness to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. Ayade restated his commitment to the implementation of the new minimum wage when the new leadership of the State Executive Council of Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), led by its Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpepi
I read without an atom of surprise the news about Governor Ben Ayade’s repression against correspondents of the underlisted media organisations at the Government House in Cross River State: CrossRiverWatch, Hit FM, FAD FM and Sparkling FM. It is the sort of action I have long expected from the governor. It has never been a
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Gab Adah, the chairman of Grand Evolution, a political support group for Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade who was kidnapped last week Thursday in Calabar has been released family sources told CrossRiverWatch on Saturday. Mr. Adah, a cousin to the Governor was released around 1:00AM on Saturday morning after the
By Our Reporter The Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has elected Edem Darlington as its new Chairman. Mr. Darlington succeeds Hope Obeten publisher of Calabarblog, who has been appointed Chief Press Secretary by the Speaker of the Cross River state House of Assembly. Similarly, Archibong Jeremiah was returned unopposed as the Secretary. Comrade
By Jonathan Ugbal The leader of the enforcement team from the Department of Public Transport (DOPT)which allegedly caused the death of Mr. Michael Eyo Essien, a hawker at Watt Market in Calabar is currently in Police Custody says the acting Director General of the DOPT, Mr. Godwin Nyiam. “I have brought the driver and leader
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government 2019 budget estimates provide a total of NGN1,420,000,000 (one billion, four hundred and twenty million Naira) for Governor Ben Ayade’s travel and transport for the 2019 financial year. Of this figure, his local travel and transport is expected to gulp NGN800,000,000 (eight hundred million) while NGN620,000,000 was