By Jonathan Ugbal Nine days after Cross River water resources commissioner, Gabriel Odu-Oji was kidnapped along Mayne Avenue in Calabar south local government area of southern Cross River, authorities are yet to brief the media concerning his abduction. Findings revealed that the State Security Adviser, Jude Ngaji had briefed the state EXCO in a meeting
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River State paid the second highest bus journey fare within the city in March 2017 reports from the National Bureau of Statistics show. Residents paid an average of NGN209.09 to make Cross River second behind Abuja at NGN262.50 and just in front of Katsina state at NGN196.67. The average fare paid
By Jonathan Ugbal The Special Assistant to Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on students’ affairs, Michael Abuo has criticized his principal for appointing people without providing the required tools to function. Abuo who had called for a cabinet reshuffle in 2016 took to Facebook to vent his frustration with the system of administration in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin His Holiness, Pope Francis has on Sunday April 9, appointed as Bishop of Ogoja Diocese, Rev. Fr. Donatus Edet Akpan. Father Akpan, is presently the parish priest of Holy Rosary Church, Wuse Abuja Archdiocese. A statement from the Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Father Ralph Madu say, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall of the UJ Esuene stadium in Calabar, awarded by the Imoke administration for the construction of the facility to host the controversial National Sports Festival, collapsed yesterday costing the state $14million (2.2billion Naira). The collapse of the facility has returned to the fore, questions about the propriety
By Aplefe Ojong A ghastly auto accident along the Ikom – Ogoja Highway may have claimed the lives of the occupants. The accident which happened overnight saw the badly damaged vehicle somersault from the road into the nearby bush. A staff of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA who stopped to check what happened at
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has signed several trade deals with the Chinese province of Hunnan with the fields of interests including agriculture, mining, construction, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals and the fashion industry. The deals will see about 46 investors brought in by the Vice Governor of the Hunnan Province He
By Ushang Ewa Nigeria’s sports minister, Solomon Dalung, Tuesday said that the federal government still hopes Cross River State will host the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) despite delays in hosting the event slated for November 2014. Dalung’s Special Adviser on Media, Nneka Ikem-Anibeze told The Guardian that the ministry is still