Recently, ‘Cross Riverians’ once again beheld the sordid pictures of a student of the State-owned University who was brutally hacked to death in cold blood right in front of his faculty building, after finishing his exams. This senseless killing adds to the endless list of unresolved murders in both the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and
By Agba Jalingo AAC Founder, Omoyele Sowore has urged other State chapter of the new party to emulate the Cross River wing in holding Government accountable. Sowore made the call in an exclusive interview with this reporter where he noted that Government at all level must be held accountable. Watch report on CrossRiverWatch TV;
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams has condemned the renewed communal crisis between the Ebom and the Usumutung communities in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. In a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr. Hope Obeten, the Speaker expressed regrets that the two sister
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The African Action Congress AAC in Cross River state is dismayed by reports of ongoing communal crises in Cross River state and the mindless absence of the “Father of the State”, Governor Ben Ayade, who is reported by the media to be away in Europe. Yesterday, the entire local and national media
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials worth millions of Naira to victims of communal crisis in Abi local government area of the state. The agency donated the materials following the communal conflict that erupted between Usumutong, Ediba and Afafanyi communities in Abi local government area on January 2,
By CrossRiverWatch Admim The Cross River State Assembly wants the Government to lift the moratorium placed on the logging of wood and revert the management of the State’s Forests to the Forestry Commission as provided for by the Cross River State Forest Law 2010 as amended. The Assembly also wants the Anti-Deforestation Taskforce to exist
By Uchino Amatey The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has ended a 3-day training on implementation of School Based Management Committee – School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP) at the West African People’s Institute (WAPI), Calabar. The event which was kicked off on Monday 8th, July
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State, Hon Cletus Obun, has accused the State House of Assembly of being a rubber-stamp to the Governor Ben Ayade government. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, while reacting on the N5billion loan approved by the House