By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch has obtained the list of items donated by the Cross River State government to the isolation center at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar. The state had on March 13, issued a statement that it has donated items to the isolation center. A cursory look at the report of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has described as bizarre, jaundiced and uniformed, Times Magazine’s publication on Agba Jalingo’s treason trial. A statement issued in Calabar, expressed disappointment at Times Magazine’s mischief and idiocy. “It beats the imagination as to why an international news medium of Times Magazine’s standing feeds its readers with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian authorities should immediately release publisher Agba Jalingo and halt their harassment of journalists reporting on alleged corruption and other issues of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 22, in Lagos, Police Officers with Nigeria’s special anti-robbery squad arrested Jalingo, publisher of online news outlet CrossRiverWatch, according to
By Obeten Godfrey Community Technical College, Ikot Effangha, Calabar has won the 2018 edition of the Old School Association Challenge (OSAC) football competition held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The competition took place Saturday, 22 December, 2018 at the Saint Patrick’s Technical College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar. Eight teams comprising of Hope Waddell Training
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Mr. Venatius Ikem has debunked allegations that he, alongside another aspirant, Paul Adah caused the voter apathy in the August 11, 2018 House of Assembly bye-election in Obudu. The Cross River State government had on Thursday, August 16, 2018
By Ilam Patricia The Chairman of the Cross River State chapter the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Eyo-Nsa Itam, has acknowledged the Cross River State Government for admitting that it is to blame for the lingering face off between his union and the government which has led to the current strike action by teachers
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has again issued a warning to owners of structures under power lines in the capital city of Calabar. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong directed residents and owners of the structures to evacuate them or face appropriate sanctions “The State
By Elijah Ugani The United Nations in partnership with Cross River State Government has concluded plans to introduce the United Nations Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (2018 – 2022) in the State. The framework meeting which held recently in Transcorp Hotels Calabar comprised of participants drawn from all MDA’s in the State. Declaring the meeting open,