by crossriverwatch admin A man, William Omini who was deported from the United States of America in February 2014 has gone into hiding after alleging that the Ogboni confraternity insists on installing him as the chief priest of the confraternity in the Cross River region. Omini who spoke to CrossRiverWatch from his hiding said he
by crossriverwatch admin The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alh. Aminu Tambuwal has called on Federal Legislators to promote youth and women empowerment in their constituencies in order to assist in reducing the rate of unemployment in the country. Tambuwal made this appeal at the weekend in Calabar during the empowerment program of Hon.
by crossriverwatch admin So much noise and permutations in the air in Cross River State on who will become the next governor, how the political parties are jostling and scheming on the criteria that will be adopted whether democratically or otherwise to choose their flag bearer, who it should be, why it should be him
by crossriverwatch admin The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has intercepted cocaine worth N75million smuggled into Nigeria through the Mfom/Cameroon Boarder in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State. The State Director of the Agency, Mr Kayode Adeniyi Stated this in Calabar during a lecture organized to mark the 2014 United Nations International
by crossriverwatch admin Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam has called on the governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke to as a matter of urgency review the salary structure and improve the condition of service of the State Magistrates. In a Speech delivered recently as the Chief Judge and
by crossriverwatch admin The Vice Chancellor, Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH Prof. Anthony Owan Eno has charged his institution’s new Students’ Union Government, SUG team to shun cultism. The call was made in Calabar at the inauguration ceremony of the SUG where the VC also charged the entire students to stop defacing the buildings
by crossriverwatch admin Members of the Postgraduate Students’ Government, (PGSG) University of Calabar have elected a new leadership saddled with the responsibility of piloting its affairs in the 2013/2014 academic session. The new leadership as announced by the electoral committee chairman Comrade Tangbam Egbe Ebagu has Eyong Oduba Ikwa as President; Ime Ubokobong Okon, Vice
by crossriverwatch admin There is fear of imminent water borne diseases in Cross River State capital as water scarcity hits Calabar and its environs. Our correspondent who monitored the town observed that users of the essential commodity now go kilometers to get water from the private boreholes owners. The scarcity which became severe on Monday,