by crossriverwatch admin Father of a former national spokesman of PDP, Mr. Venatius Ikem is dead. Pa Sylvanus Ikem died yesterday in his home town in Obudu after slumping at an occasion where members of Begiaba Farmers’ Multi Purpose Cooperative, of which he was the chairman, went to bury one of their late members. Mr.
by crossriverwatch admin A Large wooden boat laden with about three thousand bales of textile materials, twenty bags of shoes, one hundred bags of rice and ten cartons of substances suspected to be hard drugs were impounded on Friday by the NNS Victory, Calabar. Arrested along with the boat are twelve alleged smugglers who brought
by crossriverwatch admin Senator Florence Ita Giwa, General Anthony Ukpo Rtd, and Dr. Pius Tawo have emerged as the three delegates that will represent Cross River State in the national conference. A statement on Thursday night by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim named a total of 492 delegates including the
by crossriverwatch admin Mercy Nku, former Nigerian international athlete has said she regrets not dumping Nigeria to compete for other countries that were courting her to feature for them because her efforts have never been recognised or appreciated by those who run Nigerian sports. Cross River born Mercy Nku who won two gold medals for
by crossriverwatch admin A new chapter was opened in the leadership history of the Rotaract club of Calabar, University of Calabar (ROTA-UNICAL) as the club installed her first female president recently. The humanitarian club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calabar installed a female as president after 28 years of existence as a chattered club.
by crossriverwatch admin A meeting of online journalists and publishers has been scheduled for Saturday March 8, 2014 in Calabar. In a brief statement by the conveners, the meeting is intended to bring together all the sites, blogs and other online platforms that are projecting Cross River state or operating from Cross River state to
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Works, Mr. Legor Idagbo has commenced state wide inspection of projects executed by the Imoke administration. The inspection tour began on Monday, March 3, 2014, with the inspection of Ikot Ekpo – Awobaka – Eko Odoso Calabar Municipality Road (8.6 km), to Calabar High Way –
by crossriverwatch admin The people of Okwa Community in Buantsebe Ward of Boki Local Government Council have been assured that they remain an integral part of the Council Area. The Chairman of Boki LGA, Hon Abubakar Ewa gave the assurance at the weekend while inaugurating a primary health center at Okwa 11 recently. The Council