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Gershom Bassey, Rose Oko, Essien Ayi, Bassey Ewa, All Triumph At Election Petition Tribunal

By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday dismissed all the cases it had at its disposal calling them “mere academic exercise” giving victory to all the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the tribunal. The cases were between Dr Alex Egobona of Labor Party (LP) and Mr. Bassey Ewa of PDP,

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Calabar Killer Cops: Three More Police Officers Dismissed From Service

By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively confirm that the three senior Police Officers from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), Cross River State Police Headquarters Diamond Hill involved in the extra-judicial killing of Derek Maurice Ben and 6 others on April 17th, 2014 have been officially dismissed from the Nigeria Police. They were dismissed after

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Calabar Residents Suffer Slow Pace Of Waste Evacuation As Refuse Pile Up

By Ushang Ewa Residents in Cross River state capital city of Calabar may soon again question the ability and will of the present administration to maintain the clean status of Calabar following the slow pace of waste evacuation which has seen refuse returning to the streets after a temporary absence. In the past four months,

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How Owan Enoh, CRUTECH VC Risks Prosecution To Ensure Accreditation

By Ushang Ewa The several issues faced by the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) following face offs with the institution’s unions and the state government over money matters, may be pushing the Vice Chancellor, Professor Owan Enoh to risk prosecution for funds diversion in trying to secure accreditation of programs run by the varsity.

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Consider Every Road User A Mad Man – Chief VIO To Cross River Drivers

By Okwo Kerry The Cross River State Vehicle Inspection Unit in collaboration with the Department of Public Transportation have begun sensitization campaign for all road users in the State and environs with the theme “Say No To Road Crash 2015” in preparation for the festive period usually called Ember Months (September ,October, November and December).

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Ayade Appoints Former Rep And Ambassador To Ethiopia, Nkoyo Toyo Special Adviser

By Our Correspondent A former Nigerian ambassador to Ethiopia and Member of the immediate past House of Representatives, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo has been appointed Lead Special Advisor to Governor Ben Ayade on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Ita, in

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MBNG Worthy Of Collaboration – Governor Ayade

By Our Correspondent As part of activities to ensure that the 37 queens of the 2015 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) are fully acclimatized, the Cross River State Government, yesterday organised a cocktail dinner, in which the girls were serenaded to scintillating mixture of drinks, music and dance. The event which took place at

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UNICAL Shut Over Students Protest, It’s Mid Term Break – VC

By Archibong Jeremiah/Monday Ogar The University of Calabar, UNICAL has been shut down for two weeks by the school management after a protest by the students this morning disrupted academic and other activities on campus and its environs. The students took to the streets to protest the bad state of facilities in the school hostels

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