By Aplefe Ojong A total sum N1.9 billion has been expended by the outgoing administration of Senator Liyel Imoke as scholarship awards to 5,362 indigenes of Cross River state. The outgoing Commissioner for Education, Professor Offiong Offiong who disclosed this during the end of tenure ministerial press briefing at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre,
By Our Correspondent Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, has been presented with an award by UNICEF in recognition of the state’s fruitful partnership in promoting the rights of children and women. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Jean Gough, who presented the award to Imoke said that tremendous impact has been recorded in
By Our Correspondent The Eight years of Governor Liyel Imoke’s administration in Cross River state has been eventful and free of press gagging. This was the commendation given to the outgoing governor of Cross River state, Senator Liyel Imoke during a valedictory media parley in government house, Calabar yesterday. The event was moderated by the
By Aplefe Ojong Last Friday in Calabar, Cross River state, a young man, now on the run, stabbed a girl in her early twenties simply identified as Queen to death over a mobile phone at Nelson Mandela street by Target road, Calabar South LGA. CrossRiverWatch reliably gathered that a girl friend to the late Queen
By Archibong Jeremiah The organizer of Children’s Day Prince and Princess beauty pageantry, Queeneth Orok has disclosed that the rationale behind the project is to build children’s self esteem, discover and develop their innate abilities through pageantry entertainment. She barred her mind in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch recently as she said, “I am a
By Our Correspondent The Project Coordinator of the Calabar International Convention Center, CICC, Mr. Reginald Longdon, has described the center as the best in Africa, just as he commended the vision of the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke for establishing what he called a one-stop conference center in the state. Mr. Longdon maintained that the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch has it that some members of a criminal cult group Supreme Vikings Confraternity, yesterday, Friday 22/05/2015 short and killed a member of another rival gang, Skilo. The incident which occurred between 7:15pm and 7:30pm at a local joint in Effanga Nsa street Calabar South, Cross River State (the street
By CrossRiverWatch admin Seven years after the crash of a Beechcraft 1900D aircraft in Obudu, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the final report of the investigation carried out on four air accidents that occurred in the Nigerian airspace within the period. The report is coming seven years after the accident had occurred. According