by crossriverwatch admin A thirteen-year-old girl, Felicia Agwagu is now in detention at the Homicide Unit of the Cross River State Police Command after she allegedly stoned a twenty five year old man to death in Ogoja, Northern Cross River State. The girl, a student of Igoli Girls Secondary School, Ogoja was said to have
by crossriverwatch admin The eighteen council chairmen in Cross River State on Tuesday ended a two day seminar organized for them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. The seminar which held on Monday and Tuesday at the EFCC office Abuja took the council chairmen through effective
by crossriverwatch admin There was fire out break this morning at one of the cinema theaters in the Marina Resort Calabar. Flames and swirls of smoke were seen billowing from the theater rattling workers who were just resuming for work. The fire which was suspected to have been caused by electrical malfunction was said to
by crossriverwatch admin The leaders and people of Efik Kingdom in the Cross River State (CRS), have petitioned the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr. Jonathan Goodluck to seek the speedy implementation of the Geneva Convention and the Kampala Convention for the protection, assistance and compensation of Internally Displaced Persons of Ikot Offiong
by crossriverwatch admin Uneasy calm still pervade the Cross River State Civil Service as workers in the state employment have accused the State Government through the Head of Service , Mrs. Mary Theresa Ikwen and the Nigerian Labour Congress in the state headed by Comrade John Ushie, of conniving to force laptops on workers at
by crossriverwatch admin It’s getting on for 2015, in Cross River state presently, this period is one of political unrest. It is because general elections are barely seven months away. Strong political undercurrents are swirling as gladiators and lightweights begin to covertly build alliances and align themselves in anticipation of the tough contest ahead. Unlike
by crossriverwatch admin A Vehicle Inspection Officer, VIO Mr. Fred Akpama who over sees Abi and Yakkur Local Government Areas zone is said to have disappeared while on his way to duty on the 15th of May, 2014. According to a close family source, Mr. Akpama has not been seen since the early hours of
by crossriverwatch admin Barely two weeks after it was presented by the Council Chairman, Hon Mrs Edith Amadi, the Abi Legislative House has passed the Local Government’s 2014 appropriation bill into bye-law. The sum of Two Billion, Six Hundred Thirty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand, Two Hundred and Three Naira (N2, 633,987,203)