By Ogar Monday The Police in Cross River State have arrested one, Mrs. Christiana James and are in search of another man identified as Nsikak for battering 3 girls and accusing them of witchcraft. Mrs. Christiana who is cooling her heels at the Diamond Hill Police Station is said to be the grandmother of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 19th National Sports Festival has been officially withdrawn from Cross River state. The decision was taken at the National Council on Sports meeting which ended on Thursday at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna. A voting process was thrown open on the floor of the meeting by the Chairman of the
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan The Cross River State government has issued a two week ultimatum to contractors in its universal basic education scheme to deliver on their jobs or risk investigation and possible prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a letter dated February 13, 2018 and signed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The Cross River State Government has sent a contingent to the 2018 edition of the Rio Carnival in Brazil to understudy and make plans to ensure the growth of the Carnival Calabar, a sponsored release from Government House Calabar says. This forms part of the deliberate effort of the administration
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A group, Team Ayade, has threatened Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade with a lawsuit if he fails to seek a second term in office. Addressing throngs of supporters, associations, women and youth groups bearing banners with different inscriptions at 137 Ndidem Usang Iso road, Calabar, venue for the unveiling of
CROSS RIVER STATE LEADERSHIFT 2019: BEING THE FULL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY JOHN UPAN ODEY IN HIS DECLARATION FOR GOVERNORSHIP IN OBUDU YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018. Ladies and Gentleman, Fellow Progressives, My father Ukandi John Upan Odey described himself as a child of providence. I consider myself the grandchild; My father was left
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital were on Thursday morning shocked when they were supplied “colored” water by the state’s owned water board limited (CRSWBL). The social media sphere was on Thursday morning agog with images of the colored water supplied to certain areas of the metropolis including
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that John Ochalla remains the Chairman of the party in Cross River state. This was declared in a statement signed by Bolaji Abdullahi, APC National Publicity Secretary, following the violence that rocked the party’s secretariat in the state. “Our attention has