by crossriverwatch admin News reports of our Governor getting approval from the Cross River State House of Assembly to raise a bond for the sum of N40bn to finance various projects of the state government are thoroughly alarming. 2. Ordinarily, taking a Bond or other loan to finance projects is routine in government. But juxtaposed
by crossriverwatch admin Eleven female traders returning from Adim market in Biase Local Government of Cross River State were on Friday crushed to death when a Mitsubishi truck ran into a Hiace passenger bus along the Calabar-Ikom highway allegedly due to lose of control of the vehicle by the driver due to brake failure. Mrs.
by crossriverwatch admin The United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (UniCem) has concluded arrangements to bring President Jonathan to Cross River state for the first time since his election to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the company’s N84 billion, 2.5 metric tonnes cement production line. The ceremony is expected to be performed
by crossriverwatch admin The appeal by Congolese football officials that their September 6 match against the Super Eagles be relocated from Nigeria owing to fears concerning the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus has been turned down by the Africa football ruling body, CAF. CAF in statement on its official website said it has not
by crossriverwatch admin The plight of the people of Bakassi is not just the unjust fate of dispossession of their ancestral land by the whims of international politics, even the road to the community is a telling tale of a people who have been earmarked abject neglect if not extinction. These are pictures taken by
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River Nollywood super star, Kate Henshaw is gearing up for the Federal House of Representatives seat for Calabar Municipal/Odukpani presently occupied by another Amazon, Hon. Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo. In this interview with Sahara TV, she speaks on what her plans are for her political sojourn. Excerpts: Are you quitting acting for
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of Abi Local Government Council Hon. Edith Amadi has advised couples against third party interference in their marriages especially when the marriage is at infancy stage. Hon. Amadi gave the advice weekend in Calabar during the wedding ceremony of her Vice, Hon Catherine Francis Eremi which held at the Redeemed
by crossriverwatch admin Gershom Bassey is a contender for the Government House in Cross River State in the 2015 elections. Though Bassey is from the same senatorial district as Donald Duke, former governor of the state, his chances are high following the zoning of the seat to the northern part of the state. He explains