By Efa Sunday And Mary Omani The Assistant Director, Cross River State Fire Service, Public Relations Officer, Mr. Makperr Cletus Abine, has decried the deplorable condition of fire service equipments in the State, describing them as “monument-al machines.” Mr. Makperr while speaking to CrossRiverWatch, on why the fire service had refused to come to the
The good people of Obudu lost the member representing the Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Stephen Ukpukpen, to the cold hands of death in the second quarter of 2018. Stephen Ukpukpen was laid to rest on Saturday, July 28th 2017 in his village, Bedia in Obudu Local
By Jonathan Ugbal Prince Jedy Agba, a guber aspirant in the 2015 general elections has denied claims that he is contesting the 2019 gubernatorial elections. Mr. Agba, a former Group General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, disclosed this in a telephone interview with CrossRiverWatch on Friday evening. “I am contesting elections and
The heading of this article is intentional and the message is clear, deep and succinct. It was pathetic for some persons to throw up their usual sycophantic rhetoric and hypocritical assertion without first reading the content of the topic of this article or introspecting on the topic. Many via their biases, sentiments and projections made
How can people like Edem Duke dare to aspire to be governor of Cross River State? Does he have no shame? Does speaking nice English amount to knowing how to lead? What happened to Duke and Duke? The fast food around state housing estate? How about the mirage? As Minister of Tourism, he had all
By Ushang Ewa Mr. Akwaji DonHenry, a legal practitioner has raised alarm over what he feels is a plan to arrest a gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Venatius Ikem. Mr. Akwaji who is also a legal representative to Mr. Ikem told CrossRiverWatch on Telephone that he perceives desperation from the state
By Jonathan Ugbal A broken septic pipe adjoining the newborn unit and the obstetric theater as well as a septic corridor has made i-Reporter, Dr. Elihu Osim adjudge the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) the most unsanitary in the country. Two videos sent in by Dr. Osim shows the broken septic pipe that has
By Jonathan Ugbal Mark Essien, the chief executive officer of online hotels booking firm, Hotels.ng has sparked a row on Twitter over his call for the sale of the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Essien in a tweet thread argued that since the airport was in the center of