By Mudiaga Afe The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini, on Wednesday decried the non-collection of 261,416 Permanent Voters Cards by registered voters across the various local government areas of the state. He said it was worrisome that despite the huge publicity and mobilization carried out by the commission in conjunction
By Sylvia Etta Following the listing of Cross River state as one of the HIV endemic states by the National Action Committee on AIDS, NACA, the State Government says it plans to institutionalize a policy that will sustain the fight against HIV/AIDS in the state. Mr. Roy Ndoma-Egba, Special Adviser, Department of International Donor Cooperation
By Laureta Akpan Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that at least five members of the Cross River State Executive Council, SEC will be leaving the council this week to concentrate on their election campaigns. The five which include Commissioners and Special Advisers from the northern part of the state who are eyeing the governorship are Mr.
By Tunde Eludini Nigeria’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, are through to next year’s African U-17 Championships scheduled to take place in Niger Republic as the Eaglets thrashed their counterparts from Gabon 5-0 today, Saturday at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The result was more than good enough for the Eaglets who only lost
by crossriverwatch admin A former Chairman of Obudu Local Government Council, Dr. Abu Undiandeye has called on Senator Benedict Ayade (PDP, Cross River North) to use his position to ensure that the entire Ogoja road is rehabilitated by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA. While commending the Senator for initiating the repair work on the
By Raymond Ekemini Following the violence that rocked the election of the Students Union Government Executives in the University of Calabar last month, the school has announced that it is now set to re-conduct the botched election, but this time, online. Briefing the students at the first ever town hall meeting of the University, the
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