by Raymond Ekemini Christians all over the world have set aside Sundays as a holy day for worship and thanksgiving to God. The third commandment of God according to the Holy Bible, also commands us to remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy. All these seemed to have made no sense in the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Bekwara Development Association, Calabar branch over the weekend marked its 2014 new yam festival with pomp and pageantry. The Chairman of the festival Mr. Godwin Iyala asserted that the festival was an opportunity for the association to say thank you to God Almighty for the prosperous new yams harvest which is
By Cynthia Michael The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA has identified Cross River and 11 other states as well as the Federal Capital Territory as HIV endemic states in the country. Director-General of NACA, Prof. John Idoko, said this in Ikom, Cross River, at the opening of a four-day free HIV and
By Ray Ekem The University of Calabar has again been thrown into mourning as one of its own, Prof. Isika Martin Andor of the faculty of Agricultural Science is dead. CrossRiverWatch gathered that late Prof. Andor slumped after presenting his manifesto yesterday night in his bid to become the Dean of Post Graduate School, and
By Archibong Jeremiah A Non-Governmental Organization and socio-political group of Ikom sons and daughters, the Refighane Bor-Ekpache Nkome, Calabar Chapter have called on the Cross River State Government to embark on massive solar power generation as a means of bridging the inadequate electricity supply in the state. The call was made by the group Chancellor,
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of Abi Local Government Council Mrs. Edith Amadi has pledged the council’s willingness to partner the Most Beautiful Girl in Cross River Miss Prosper Ayuk in the training of young women and girls in the art of cosmetics production and other vocational skills. Hon. Amadi made the pledge recently when
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Government yesterday awarded a N2.4 billion contract for the construction and expansion of the Okpoma, Yala water scheme. This is coming barely a month after the government awarded contracts for two other water schemes, including the Phase 2 of the Ikom Water project. Speaking during the contract award
John Ushie An angry mob this morning around 4 a.m. stormed the Obanlikwu police station in Obanlikwu LGA in the northern part of Cross River State and burnt bikes and vehicles that were parked in the station as well as documents that the angry youths seize from the station. The SA on Security to the