By CrossRiverWatch Admin A former director in charge of political office at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr. Awal Yakassi, has given his testimony in the alleged non-declaration of asset case against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Mr. Yakassi testified on behalf of the Federal Government as the second
By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The returned Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has reached out to all defeated opponents in the recently conducted guber poll to align with his administration, stating that their ideas are assets needed to make the State better. Governor Ayade made the statement Wednesday while briefing Journalists
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State High Court has sacked Prof. Itam Hogan Itam as Muri Munene of the Efuts Nation and Paramount Ruler of Calabar South. The judgment was passed on Friday 15th March, 2019 during a court session presided by Justice Edem Ita Kooffreh in Calabar and contained in a court order
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani has lamented the way his ruling All Progressives Congress APC is being run, saying were it not for the image of President Muhammadu Buhari, the party would have since disintegrated. “When the managers of the system violate their own rules, then it means the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Association of Resident Doctors, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (ARD-UCTH) has embarked on indefinite strike. The union arising from an emergency meeting on Monday 18th March 2019 queried the management of the hospital for not responding to their demands issued earlier during a 3 days ultimatum dated 14th February 2019 which led
By Patrick Obia Following the increasing rate of communal clashes due to boundary disputes in Cross River State, Surveyor Gertrude Njar has said that only surveyors can put a stop to boundary issues by updating boundaries. She disclosed this to CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, following the renewed communal war between neighbouring communities in Erei North in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that the communal war between neighbouring communities in Erei North in Biase LGA, Southern Cross River State, has been renewed. A source in the LGA informed this reporter that “this morning (Sunday) at 2:00a.m, Urugbam had attacked and burnt down 3 communities of Ipene, Ebor and Umoro. And
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State gubernatorial Candidate of Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) in the recently conducted March 9th, 2019 poll, Chief Ofem Ubi, has congratulated the returned PDP candidate, Governor Ben Ayade for his victory in the election. Chief Ofem’s congratulatory message was contained in a press release as he