by crossriverwatch admin The G18 Coalition, a political support group for Goddy Jedy Agba, a governorship aspirant in the state has yesterday embarked upon a sensitization campaign in Calabar South LGA visiting the 12 wards in the LGA. The group was led by Mr. Ukpong Ukpong representative of Calabar South in the group alongside other
by crossriverwatch admin The University of Calabar on Tuesday, 17th June, 2014 organized her 2013/2014 fresher’s orientation ceremony. The occasion which is a yearly ritual, organized to show students on how the university works, and possible challenges students might face in their academic sojourn, was held at the university conference center, inside the school campus.
by crossriverwatch admin The Independent National Electoral Commission targets the distribution of voters card to every eligible voter in Cross River State come July 18 when the distribution of Permanent Voters Card commences in the state. Mr. Michael Igini, the Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner who stated this in Calabar on Tuesday while inaugurating
by crossriverwatch admin Facts have emerged on how the new APC chairman in Cross River State, Hon Usani Usani emerged as a sole contestant during the last rescheduled state congress held at Tinapa Resort, Calabar. The new Chairman who led Cross River State delegates to the recent national convention of the APC said “I was
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than 28 magistrates were sworn in by the Chief Judge of Cross River State and Chairman, Judicial Service Commission, Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam at the High Court No. 1, Mary Slessor Avenue, Calabar. Of the twenty eight newly appointed magistrates, eight of them were converted on transfer of service including
by crossriverwatch admin There are indications that the Department of Public Transportation may have become one of the major agencies of government that generates huge revenue on daily basis to the State government coffers. Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the department which was established in 2009 to over see the regulation and enforcement of public
by crossriverwatch admin The delegates that voted at the recent All progressive Congress (APC) state Congress were said to have voted at gunpoint to elect Usani Usani and other state executive members. The delegates who came from 18 local government areas of the State according to an insider were strictly instructed to vote for Usani
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee is the rarest and most endangered of four subspecies of chimpanzee currently found in Africa. Man’s closest living relative, the ape is fully protected by Nigerian law, and now by communities also. When a chimpanzee was recently killed by a hunter in the Mbe Mountains, the entire community of