By Our Reporter An Associate Professor and Lecturer in the department of Linguistics of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mensah Eyo and five students are to be tried in court over an alleged certificate forgery allegation. This was contained in a letter sent to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Zana Akpagu by the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin On the 17th of January, 2017, the governor of Cross River State, Prof. Benedict Ayade, made what not a few Cross Riverians viewed as a shocking and bold statement. In that statement, governor Ayade, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, damning every seemingly economic unevenness, courageously said that businesses earning
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian minister of information, culture and tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said recently while flagging off the 3rd Carnival Calabar dry run in Calabar the Cross River State capital: “I also want to take this opportunity to appeal to the world to see this street party beyond dancing and beyond the costumes.
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association has declared that its members will from on Monday, January 8, 2018 stop working if their colleague and former state chairman of the assocaition, Dr. Ekanem Usang who was kidnapped December 26, 2017 is not released by then. The Chairman of the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has for the first time explained that the reason behind the decision to present NGN1.3 trillion as estimated spending for the year 2018. He said it was because the investment outlay for the year is more than that. Mr. Ayade disclosed this while
By Ogar Monday The annual Tinkoriko dance procession is aimed at uniting youth groups and bringing to them, a sense of their cultural heritage says the organizer, Hon. Orok Duke. “Today everyone will drop their differences and they will all become one as they play Tinkoriko,” Orok told CrossRiverWatch at this year’s edition which according
By Jonathan Ugbal Former Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has charged politicians to always focus on the people as they are the essence of politics. Mr. Imoke gave this charge while addressing members of the Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN) who accompanied Senator John Owan-Enoh and several other All Progressives Congress chieftains to Itigidi
By Jonathan Ugbal Entries for both the Linda Ayade literary art competition and the Afi Ekong visual art competition have opened, a statement from the Cross River State Department of Creative and Knowledge Economy says. The competitions are aimed at developing the creative industry in the state as well as promoting young talents read the