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Tanker Drivers Protest Detention of Colleague By Police In Calabar

By Archibong Jeremiah Tanker drivers Monday morning staged a peaceful protest in Calabar, Cross River State capital blocking the Murtala Mohammed highway by Harbor junction. The protest according to a driver named Yusuf who spoke to our reporter is to kick against incessant police harassment. Yusuf revealed that the previous night a driver was badly

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Basic Tools Of News Writing BY SOLOMON ASHA

BEING A TEXT OF A CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING PAPER PRESENTED BY SOLOMON E. ASHA, SA MEDIA TO GOVERNOR BEN AYADE, AT A WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY CrossRiverWatch FOR THEIR REPORTERS, OWNERS OF ONLINE MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THEIR REPORTERS, ON THE TOPIC: ‘BASIC TOOLS OF NEWS WRITING’, HELD AT THE MINI CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE CrossRiverWatch CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS,

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Group Implores Buhari To Seek Answers To Pending Issues On Cross River Super Highway

By CrossRiverWatch admin The Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), an Environmental NGO based in the Cross River State Capital, Calabar, has called on President Mohammedu Buhari to urgently seek answers from the state government, in relation to pending issues over Governor Ayade’s 260km Super Highway project. In a press release signed by Prince Odey

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Ikom 4 Corners: Once Upon A Time BY PRINCEWILL ODIDI

1. My memories growing up in four corners Ikom are always fresh. Not the urban four corners of today. I mean the four corners of those days when we looked forward and celebrated catholic bazaar with pump, when the only public television was often mounted at then Mercantile Bank for the public to catch up

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Cross River Loses Another Former Deputy Governor, Walter Eneji

By CrossRiverWatch admin Just as Cross River State prepares to bury the remains of a former deputy governor of the State, Dr. Mathias Offoboche, CrossRiverWatch has also gathered reliably that another former Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Walter Eneji is dead. A family source who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said Dr. Walter has been ill

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Zenith Bank Obudu Closed For Days After Fire Incidence

By Ikwen Atuaka/Ogar Agi Following the fire that gutted the Obudu branch of Zenith Bank PLC, the bank has since shut down operations CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. A visit to the financial institution located at the old pedestrian gate of the Federal College of Education Obudu by CrossRiverWatch for four days in a row beginning from

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‎I Will Remain In Labor Party For Now While My Supporters Can Move To APC To Support Buhari – Senator Bassey Otu

Senator Bassey Edet Otu is a household name In Cross River politics, particularly in the Southern Senatorial District. Reputed as a grassroot politician, Senator Otu returned to Calabar recently into the warm hands of thousands of waiting supporters at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar. He spoke with CrossRiverWatch about his political journey so far,

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Police In Calabar Arrest Retired Colonel For Stealing A Car

By Laureta Akpan A retired Colonel, Bassey Jackson-Umoh, was on Thursday paraded by the Cross River State Police command for allegedly stealing a 2008 model of Toyota Highlander belonging to a member representing Obudu State constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr. Steven Okpupken While briefing newsmen, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.

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