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
by crossriverwatch admin One hundred and twenty young men and women from the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State are undergoing six-week entrepreneurial and business skill training at the Central Bank Entrepreneurial Development Center in Calabar. The trainees drawn from the six local government areas of the Central Senatorial District comprising Etung, Ikom, Boki,
by crossriverwatch admin As part of efforts to promote socio-economic relationship between Nigeria and Cameroon communities, Cross River State Government has promised to undertake the rehabilitation of the failed portions along the Nigeria Cameroon road in the state. Governor Liyel Imoke disclosed this at Nyaje Village, Akamkpa Local Government Area, during the reception after the
by crossriverwatch admin The sum of 20. 325 billion naira has been spent on the construction of four hundred and seventy four kilometers of rural roads under the Rural Access and Mobility Project, RAMP, in rural communities in Cross River State. Engineer Charles Okongoh, the Coordinator of the Rural Access and Mobility Project who stated
by crossriverwatch admin A lecturer in the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Dr. Iwat (other names unknown), has been reported shot by unknown gunmen this afternoon at about 2pm in his office in the department of Micro Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science. It was not immediately clear at press time why Dr. Iwat was shot but