By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gunmen who kidnapped a Director in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Bibiana Elemi-Edu, last Friday along Target Street in Calabar have demanded N100m ransom to free her. Elemi-Edu, who is the President of Catholic Women Organization of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Calabar, was kidnapped at about 7pm last
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state Commissioner of Police, Obi Ozeh, on Monday told newsmen in Calabar that a serving Corporal who is also a member of a criminal gang, was involved in the gun duel that ensued between gangsters and the police along Eyamba street in Calabar South LGA on 11th of October,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin All is now set for the inauguration of Cross River state born Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CrossRiverWatch has learnt. The inauguration willl be done by President Muhammadu Buhari today, (Thursday) at 2pm inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Watchers had express worry that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal care in order to reduce the risk of stillbirths and pregnancy complications and give women a positive pregnancy experience. According to report from WHO Headquarters Geneva, last year an estimated 303, 000 women died from
By CrossRiverWatch Admin During recessions, the public gets frightened and holds back on spending, resulting in more layoffs, which in turn produces less spending in a vicious circle of economic decline”. The above quote from one of British most influential economists of the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), was a warning about the danger
By CrossRiverWatch admin Leader of a militant group, Bakassi Strike Force BSF, Benjamin Simply, also known as General Simply or G1 has said that he and his fighters will lay down their arms if the Federal Government can evolve an acceptable way of resettling the people of Bakassi who were displaced by the ceding of
By Our Correspondent In a bid to re-energize and increase footfalls into the famous Obudu ranch resort as well as provide access to produce markets, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, weekend, flagged off construction work on a 134 kilometers Mfom-Okpoma-Imaje-Bekwarra-Obudu-Obanliku dual carriage road. The construction of the Federal road which will traverse the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The University of Calabar has sacked the embattled Bursar of the institution, Mr. Peter Agi who has been having a running battle with the Vice Chancellor of the school, Professor Zana Akpagu. In a letter from the school authority to the Bursar, Council accused him of insurbordination and breach of other substantive