By CrossRiverWatch admin A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has jailed four persons for being in possession of cannabis sativa, popularly referred to as Indian hemp. The four persons, who were apprehended at different times in the state, were Grace Etim (female 32); Obini Mathias (male, 65); Sunday Imoh (male, 19); and
By CrossRiverWatch admin A factional Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, Solomon Chukwu, has said that the people of the Niger Delta area and the former Eastern region are part of Biafra, and remains committed to actualize an independent state of their own. In a statement credited
1. My memories growing up in four corners Ikom are always fresh. Not the urban four corners of today. I mean the four corners of those days when we looked forward and celebrated catholic bazaar with pump, when the only public television was often mounted at then Mercantile Bank for the public to catch up
By CrossRiverWatch admin in Germany In his irrepressible desire to see through his signature projects, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade today signed the quality control deal for the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu super highway which the governor has proposed as one of his signature projects in his first tenure. The deal which was signed
By Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to stem the growing tide of electoral violence in Cross River State, an association known as the Cross River State Concerned Youths (CRSCY) is organizing a one day sensitization rally on the issue. The sociopolitical group made this known in a release signed by the Coordinator, Richard Romanus and
By Our Correspondent The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday gave reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan deserves to be reelected for a second term. The First Lady who was in Ikom, Cross River State, in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nationwide Women rally to solicit votes for her husband, said President Jonathan has
By Christiana Alawa/Frank Edima A crowd of supporters in front of the home of the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba, this evening attacked the convoy of the Cross River State PDP governorship flag bearer, Senator Ben Ayade and the party’s Senatorial flag bearer in Cross River Central Senatorial District, Hon. John Owan Enoh, who went
Archibong Jeremiah As part of his political campaign strategy to continue creating awareness about his intention to unseat Senate Leader, Senator Ndoma Egba, SAN from the Cross River Central Senatorial seat, Hon. John Owan Enoh, member representing the Obubra/Etung federal constituency in the Federal House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation this morning