By CrossRiverWatch Admin Twelve days after the Senate cleared Chief Okoi Obono Obla, Cross River, South South, as a non-Executive Commissioner on the governing board of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, it has made a dramatic turn by dropping his name from the list of successful nominees sent to President Muhammadu Buhari. Obono Obla’s name
By Emma Una Senator John Owan Enoh, the senator representing Central senatorial district, Cross River State, has expressed dismay over the incessant communal conflicts in the district. Senator Owan Senator Enoh said that the wanton destruction of lives in the area in the past one year must stop. “It is with pain in my heart
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It’s still ongoing and it is a roll call of political associates and friends of the former governor of Cross River state, Senator Liyel Imoke who have turned out enmass to commiserate with the former governor at the funeral of his mother-in-law in Illah, Delta State. Noble Lady Grace Ifemdigbomma Ezi-Ashi (KSJ)
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal Government just released a complete list of the 200,000 graduates that have been employed under phase one of the government’s N-Power program. The list of selected/shortlisted candidates in various States of Nigeria and the FCT is now available on the Npower program website. Successful candidates have also been deployed in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seven host communities to Lafarge-Holcim cement company in Akamkpa local government of Cross River State have again threatened to shut down the company operations. The host communities are at daggers drawn with the company over alleged neglect of the people and non implementation of the 80% local content policy. Over 500 youths
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Efforts by the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in Cross River to bring more beauty to Calabar has taken a new dimension with the state government taking the burden of repairing broken fences, replacing old and leaking roofs and painting of private houses along the approach to the city center around Mile 8.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Arguably, the first Nollywood film made entirely in Bette Language of Obudu LGA in Northern Cross River State is set to debut in the market. Bette is one of the major sub-dialectal groups of the Bantu stock and a sub-group of Ekoi spoken with little variants in 5 political wards in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than 49 persons have lost their lives from road accidents in Cross River between January 2016 to date, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, Sector Commander of FRSC in Cross River, disclosed this in Calabar at the end of the 2016 remembrance week for road