By CrossRiverWatch Admin A driver attached to the Cross River State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Calistus Okune, was on Wednesday remanded in the Afokang Prison in Calabar for assaulting two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps. Okune was alleged to have acted on orders of his boss, Mr. Peter Egba, after the Toyota
By Emma Una The beheading of a young man by a chief hunter, purportedly for the burial ceremony of a high chief, weekend, led to hostilities between two neighbouring communities in Obubra Local Government Area in central Cross River State, which has left over 10 people dead and many houses razed. The conflict between the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Ministry of Health has warned against the increasing cases of kerosene explosion related cases in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in the past few days. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong is calling on the general public to be mindful of the type of kerosene they
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yache community in Yala local government area of northern Cross River state have applauded Governor Ben Ayade for approving the construction of a new comprehensive health center in Uchu. The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu and the Chairman Of the state Universal
By CrossRiverWatch Admin There are two major categories of persons living on earth and shall be two major categories after the earth life according to the Bible book of Matthew 25: 31-46. The scripture equally stated two major action course that differentiates the two group from each other now and shall do so in the
By Our Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has expressed gratitude to the country’s fallen heroes who died in active service for the country. He stated that their sacrifice for the country is a remarkable commitment that would never be forgotten. Ayade insisted that the legacy of their death has remained a great
By Our Correspondent Worried by the current economic realities in the country and its overbearing impacts on the ordinary citizens of the state, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has abolished all forms of taxation and levies on low income earners in the state. Affected by the tax exemption are those earning below N50,000
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A former Bursar of the University of Calabar, Peter Agi who dragged the institution to court over his sack by the school lost again today at the National Industrial Court sitting along Murtala Mohammed way, in Calabar. Mr. Agi dragged UNICAL to the National Industrial Court after the school sacked him November