by crossriverwatch admin Primary and secondary school athletes in Cross River State are to be provided with sporting canvass, jerseys and other kits in the next edition of the Primary and Secondary Schools Championship. Mr. Efiok Cobham, the state deputy governor said this while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2013 Primary/Secondary Schools Athletics
by crossriverwatch admin Leader of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Moses Abeng Onor and five other members of Onyadama community have been arrested by the police in connection with the killings and devastation of their neighboring community, Inyama on Sunday June 2, 2013. Onor who represents Obubra 2 comprising Osopon 1 and
by crossriverwatch admin The two stories submitted by Crossriverwatch for this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award have secured approval for judging by CNN administration. In a mail from the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards Team to the Managing Editor of CrossRiverWatch, the team said: “Your work has now been approved for Judging by CNN
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Head of Service, Dr. Mary-Theresa Ikwen has frowned at the delay of the monthly payment of pensioners in the State. She said the state government is committed to the well-being of pensioners in the State. The Head of Service expressed this dissatisfaction when she granted audience to the executive
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
by crossriverwatch admin A cross section of lawyers in Calabar have expressed shock and displeasure at the arrest last night of a crossriverwatch freelance reporter, Mr. Emmanuel Unah by operatives from the Cross River State CID headquarters, Diamond Hill, Calabar over a story about the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Efiok Cobham. Mr. Emmanuel Unah who
by crossriverwatch admin A civil society organization in Calabar, Movement for the Empowerment of Cross River Peoples, MECRIP has condemned unequivocally the arrest and continued detention of a crossriverwatch reporter, Mr. Emmanuel Unah by the Police in Calabar on the orders of the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Efiok Cobham. In a statement signed by Bar.
by crossriverwatch admin A crossriverwatch freelance reporter Mr. Emmanuel Unah was last night arrested by operatives from the Cross River State CID Headquaters, Diamond Hill, Calabar on the orders of the state Deputy Governor, Barrister Efiok Cobham. Crossriverwatch gathered that the arrest was in connection with a story captioned: “Cross River Deputy Governor Commands Wife