by crossriverwatch admin A mild drama ensued at the Family Support Nursery and Primary School Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, as parents booed the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Edak Iwuchukwu, and staged a walk out on her. Iwuchukwu, whose ministry oversees the running of the school, was accused of arbitrarily hiking tuition without
by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman, Anniversary Planning Committee of the 1st CRWatch Anniversary Lecture coming up on August 27, 2013, Mr. Charley Ofem has said that the event will be an auspicious occasion for the media house to take stock and appreciate the people of the state for their cooperation in the past one
From Wikipedia Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, Nigeria to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr. The three week festival is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to
by crossriverwatch admin The Police in Cross River have arrested a 20-year-old man, Chijioke Nwakor, from Aniocha Local Government Area of Anambra State for allegedly raping a nine-year-old JSS II student of St. Patrick Secondary School, Okuku, Alice to death. The suspect who is currently detained at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), state Police headquarters,
by crossriverwatch admin A 20 year old boy, Godwin Odu has been arrested by the police in Calabar for allegedly stabbing Boniface Odinaka, a student of Army Day Secondary School, 13 Amphibious Brigade, Eburutu Barracks, Calabar to death. Odinaka who is the Labor Prefect of the school was attacked and killed after school hours by
by crossriverwatch admin by crossriverwatch admin The stretch of road between Abuochiche in Bekwara Local Government and Mbok junction has worsened as most portions along the stretch have become impassable. The spots at the Afrike junction, Monaya river, Ogoja junction and Mbok junction are now crater ridden and have become scenes where vehicles are regularly
by crossriverwatch admin The Action Congress of Nigeria ACN, has instituted an action in the High Court Calabar against the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission CROSIEC, asking for the review of voters register and for an order stopping the arbitrary charges by the commission. Mr. Hilliard Eta the ACN chairman in the State said
by crossriverwatch admin A mob in Ogoja in the northern part of Cross River State over the weekend set ablaze a Champion Breweries truck after it crushed three youths who were riding a bike to death in the area. An eye witness, Matthew Ekawu told CrossRiverWatch that the truck which came from Uyo, the Akwa