by crossriverwatch admin Amidst controversy over the inconclusive Cross River State congress of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, some members and stakeholders of the party who held an emergency meeting on Friday morning after the botched congress on the preceeding Thursday, have picked a chairman for the party in Cross River state. He is
by crossriverwatch admin The Bishop of Lutheran Church, Cross River State Diocese, and National Vice President, Lutheran Church of Nigeria, Bishop Matthew Okata has commended Governor Liyel Imoke on his rural transformation program. Making the commendation during the Thanksgiving Service of the second anniversary of the current leadership of the state chapter of the Peoples
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has denounced the activities of the exco of a faction of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Cross River State Chapter. In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Patrick Ugbe and made available to CrossRiverWatch,
by crossriverwatch admin Not many people from Cross River may be aware that the controversial Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mbu is from the state. Mr. Mbu who is currently the Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT Command today, Saturday, 10th May, 2014 laid the remains of his late mum, Mrs Agnes Ara Mbu,
by crossriverwatch admin A petrol tanker that veered off the road and crashed around Ikot Ekpo Hill in Calabar this morning witnessed a huge crowd of scoopers who struggled to have a share of the product the crashed vehicle was conveying. Our reporter say, even as the police tried to scare the crowd that congregated
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River Police command is facing many challenges top among them being acute manpower shortage and lack of accommodation which has left the Command unable to man all the beats in the state while some police stations operate from containers. Mr. Kola Sodipo, the State Commissioner of Police who made the
by crossriverwatc admin Friends of Goddy Jedy Agba have reacted to the statement credited to Ntufam John Okon, the Chairman of PDP in the state to the effect that Mr Goddy Jedy Agba is not a member of the party and as such not eligible to contest for the position of governor of the state
by crossriverwatch admin The rescheduled congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State yesterday ended in a fiasco as thugs allegedly armed with machetes invaded the Vanecian Mall, venue of the election along the Murtala Mohammed way in Calabar, to snatch ballot boxes and smashed same to make sure the election did