By CrossRiverWatch Admin Suspended UNICAL lecturer, Mr. Joseph Odok has finally spoken on the attack on him by a quartet at Zanzee bar in Calabar earlier in the week. Odok who has temporarily relocated to Abuja, has been uncharacteristically silent over the attack but he broke the silence last night in a statement written by
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government is yet to pay retirees and serving civil servants, pension, gratuities and salary arrears with the second tranche of the Paris Club refund, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria reveals. The survey was carried out for the 22 states that applied for the refund of
By Ushang Ewa The Commander of the Operation Delta Safe (ODS) Joint Task Force (JTF), Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi and other military commanders escaped drowning Tuesday, at the Ikang jetty in what is present day Bakassi local government area of southern Cross River State. Ikang, a community formerly in Akpabuyo local government area now forms
By Ushang Ewa At least 13 people are feared killed following renewed hostilities between Ofonatam in Osopong area of Obubra and the Izzi local government area of Ebonyi state. A source in Obubra told CrossRiverWatch that the Izzi people hired mercenaries and attacked Friday morning with about 8 persons feared dead while a reprisal has
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has said the state will in partnership with an investor, set up a manganese processing plant as the state moves to position itself to changes in the global economical and technological scene where oil will soon be out of place and technology taking
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Benedict Ayade has felicitated with Muslims in the country as they celebrate this year’s Eid-el Kabir. Ayade in a goodwill message signed by his Spokesman, Mr Christian Ita, called for sacrifice and obedience to the teachings of Allah as well as working with Nigerian of
By Our Correspondent Residents of Calabar metropolis have commended Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade for the roll out of the state’s security outfit, the Homeland Security. The state has in the past one month deployed the security outfit at every strategic point across the metropolis with the release of over 100 brand new
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No dime has been attracted by Cross River State in the first half of 2017 says a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS in its Quarter 2 report showed that over 30 states did not attract a dime in Capital Importation between April and June which makes it