By Jonathan Ugbal The feud between the manager of Southern Fried Chicken, a fast food outlet in Calabar, Barbara Abang and the owner of Amber lounge, Akeem Ibrahim over allegations that the later planted charms in the former’s business premises has continued with comedian, MC Mbakara openly declaring his support for Mr. Akeem. Trouble began
By Frank Edima And Philip Agba An unidentified corpse of a young man has been found in a drainage in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The corpse was found early Monday morning by residents at Nyok Esu street behind Nigerian Navy Barracks, IBB Way, Big Qua, Calabar Municipality. An eye witness who spoke with
By Ushang Ewa The Nigerian Army has gunned down two suspected elements engaged in oil bunkering in Jebs area of Calabar South local government area of southern Cross River State. Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that there has been a hike in bunkering activities in the past 72 hours with 50 liter kegs of Diesel and
By Ashie Osor About 30 artists will be expected in Calabar during the 32 days event packed period in Cross River known as Carnival Calabar and festivals said the Special Adviser to the Cross River governor on Events Management, Mr. Ken Aklah Wednesday in Calabar, the state capital. Mr. Aklah disclosed this to newsmen, at
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents around 8 miles axis of Calabar Municipal local government area are currently at risk of an explosion and fire outbreak following the fall of a truck carrying Kerosene at the Scanobo section of the Calabar-Odukpani federal highway. The truck fell on its side on Saturday after the load it carried became
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It was simply a comedy show and not a budget proposal presentation. To see my former VC, now deputy governor of Cross River state and the state House of Assembly members sit to listen to a clown present that crap is the height of absurdity. A budget proposal is an estimate based
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Akpagu has promised to give scholarship to members of the University of Calabar International Demonstration Secondary School (UCIDSS) Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) team for their outstanding performance in the Craft Category of the recently held SAGE competition in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has presented a N1.3 trillion budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the budget dubbed: “Budget of Kinetic Crystallisation”, shows that 70 per cent of the budget is for capital expenditure while 30 percent is for recurrent