by crossriverwatch admin The Etuboms’ Traditional Council, the Efik King making body has pledged its willingness to obey the ruling of the Court of Appeal which on Thursday nullified the processes through which the Edidem Abasi Otu was crowned the Obong of Calabar. In a press statement on Friday from the Palace of the Obong
by crossriverwatch admin The need for the Cross River State government to create a Ministry of Science and Technology to drive the industrial sector of the state has been advocated. Coordinator, Federal Technology Incubation Center Calabar, Mr. Edodi Unonoh made this call when he visited journalists as part of the center’s advocacy meeting with the
by crossriverwatch admin The first Nigeria oil and gas park will soon be launched in Cross River with the expectation of providing local contents employment to the people of Cross River State. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engineer Ernest Nwapa, disclosed this when he led his team to request for 20
by crossriverwatch admin Jukun are an ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. The Jukun are traditionally located in Taraba, Benue, Nassarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, and Gombe states in Nigeria and parts of north western Cameroon. They are descendants of the people of the Kwararafa kingdom. Most of the tribes in the north central of
by crossriverwatch admin Hon Uduak Akiba, the member representing Calabar Municipality in the Cross River State House of Assembly and Chief Whip of the House once again lost her temper today and beat up a police woman, Corporal Irene Ani for asking her not to park at a reserved lot in the Assembly quarters. According
by crossriverwatch admin Ikechukwu Okereke, a suspected member of a five man robbery gang that recently shot and killed Inspector Matthew Badere has been nabbed by men of the Cross River State Criminal Investigations Department (SCIB). Popularly known by his friends as Wicked Bishop, Okereke was apprehended at 8 Miles in the outskirts of Calabar,
by crossriverwatch admin Gunmen last night gunned down Mr. Emmanuel Ador, a staff of the Federal College of Education, Obudu and made away with his Toyota Camry car. Mr. Emmanuel Ador who is also a timber dealer in Obudu was said to have been assailed by the gunmen who shot him on the leg in