By Osang Virtuos, The Epistle Kedei, Iwara Ibiang has now gone missing for 5 days. Iwara, 20, a 200 level student of the Department of Agricultural Extension/Rural Sociology of the University of Calabar was last seen on August 11, 2021. And, the Cross River State Police command declared him missing 2 days later on August
By Sylvia Felix The University of Cross River State last week unveiled it’s new logo, vision and mission statements months after Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade assented to the bill seeking for its name change on February 15, 2021. Sponsored by the leader of the ninth Assembly, Peter Odey (APC, Ogoja) the bill sought to
Weekend File is a news program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. Our guest for this episode (1) is Darlington Edem, journalist and publisher of The Parchment. He is the
By Jeremiah Archibong Local government legislators from the 18 Local Government Areas of the State have called on the Cross River State government to halt the deductions in their salaries in order to improve on their financial status. This was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the councilors on Tuesday in Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia Mr. Alhassan Aminu on Wednesday, officially resumed duties as the 42nd Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Cross River State Command. This follows the redeployment of his predecessor, CP Sikiru Akande to head the ICT unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has published shortlisted candidates for the Armed Forces Selection Board (AFSB) to pick as intakes for the 73rd Regular Course. 60 candidates were selected from each State who wrote the examinations on Saturday, July 31, 2021. And, successful candidates are to report for interview before the AFSB
By Jonathan Ugbal Legal practitioners engaged by the Cross River State ministry of justice are currently protesting at the Governor’s office in Calabar over non payment of salaries. The protest is one in a series of many that plagued the State after the delisting of nearly 3,000 workers from the payroll by the current administration.
Since the 1991 elections that ushered in the Third Republic, in which the National Republican Convention (NRC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) fiercely contested for elective positions, inter-party elections in Cross River State have been anything but competitive. In that election, the NRC won the governorship, with Mr. Clement Ebri as Governor, while the