In Cross River, as it is elsewhere, the government has always been the behemoth. A very large and powerful organization in our everyday life. But in every functional society where the government is responsive to the people’s demands, the behemoth must be complemented by another duo, namely, a strong and independent Media and an effective
By Ogar Monday Community leaders in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State have added their voices to the fight to eliminate all forms of Gender Based Violence, GBV, especially, against women and children, as a community surveillance team with a responsibility to report and escalate cases of GBV in their communities has been
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount Ruler of Yakurr, Obol Ofem Itam, has charged the Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate Engr. Effiom Okokon and his vice, Mr. Daniel Obo not to be intimidated, but to build capacity. The monarch gave the counsel to the SDP gubernatorial team on Friday when
By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Two widows, Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akon, were tortured to death by youths in Ebbaken community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over witchcraft allegations on Saturday. An eye witness, a son-in-law to one of the widows, told Vanguard that both women were returning from
Cross River Basin Development Authority, CRBDA, agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2021 contracted Fuuz Nigeria Limited to rehabilitate a solar-powered borehole, and town hall at Ikot Effanga Mkpa in Calabar Municipality for N7.3 million. The contract, CrossRiverWatch Sylvia Akpan reveals, was awarded without budgetary provision which violates section 5, sub 4.2b of
By Adejumo Kabir, HumAngle Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late wife’s grave and was thinking about how to raise their newborn twins. HumAngle learnt that Eta’s wife, Joy, died of shock from Nigerian soldiers’ gunshots while trying to give birth on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Cross River State have expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s local government administrations, scoring the administrators low in social, economic, and political functionalities in the last three years. This was recently revealed in the Local Government Performance Survey conducted by YMonitor to assess the delivery of public goods and effective services
By Eme Offiong, VON The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr. Effiom Okokon has promised to overhaul the current taxation system in Cross River State for economic development. Mr. Okokon made the vow during a press conference in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, South-South Nigeria, where he rolled out his