By Jonathan Ugbal Hopes for a female medal in the table tennis singles event at the ongoing Olympics in Rio, Brazil have been dashed as Cross River born Offiong Edem crashed out, losing 1-4 to Belarus’s Viktoria Pavlovich. Offiong who won her first game beating Fiji’s Yee Sally 4-0 began on a good note, winning the first set 11-5
By CrossRiverWatch admin Nigeria’s Offiong Edem yesterday qualified for the next round of the Table Tennis event after she beat Yee Sally from Fiji 4-0 in the women’s singles preliminary round at the on-going Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. The 2011 African Games women singles champion, defeated Sally in four straight sets 11-3, 11-8,
By Inyali Peter The Cross River government has should partner the federal government to fix the federal roads in the state as they have become impassable says Odey Ochicha, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections in a statement issued Friday, in Calabar. Ochicha who lamented a situation where
By Jonathan Ugbal CALABAR: Selected staff of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) have been trained on the installation of solar suit case by developing partner, Pathfinder international in collaboration with ‘We Care Solar’ a United States based non-profit organisation. The training which lasted between July 25-29, 2016 saw officials of
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government has not recorded any new case of polio for 2 years and will roll out a comprehensive family obstetrics and gynaecology service by November in partnership with the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Nigeria (SOGON) says health commissioner, Inyang Asibong. Inyang who disclosed these in two separate
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A well established, highly capitalized integrated cotton production Company is seeking the services of an experienced, innovative and highly motivated Manager to oversee its operations. The Farm Manager shall report to the Managing Director and shall double as the Chief Operating Officer of the outfit in Cross River State. As Farm Manager
By Odey Ojeka A brothel in Ugep, ‘Under The Cocoa’ was closed down Wednesday, by men of the Obol Lopon’s vigilante group CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively report. The vigilante group stormed the facility at about 11:00PM and chased away all the commercial sex workers with mixed reactions greeting the action. “I do come to ‘Under
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Peter Egba and Accountant General, Joseph Adie of Cross River State spent the chunk of the week answering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives on issues concerning the Cross River Garment Factory. It is still unclear exactly when