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
By Kennedy Nsan Ahead of 2015 general elections, and in line with the endorsement of Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba for a record fourth term into the upper legislative chambers of the National Assembly by several interest groups, professionals, youths and students in the Cross River Central Senatorial District, leaders and political stakeholders in Ikom State Constituency
By Archibong Jeremiah A Non-Governmental Organization and socio-political group of Ikom sons and daughters, the Refighane Bor-Ekpache Nkome, Calabar Chapter have called on the Cross River State Government to embark on massive solar power generation as a means of bridging the inadequate electricity supply in the state. The call was made by the group Chancellor,
by crossriverwatch admin The meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Jonathan, which held on Wednesday in Abuja approved contracts worth 1.3 billion Naira for consultancy services for the designs of six standard gauge rail lines across Nigeria. One of the standard gauge lines according to the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris
by crossriverwatch admin Farmers in Cross River State are fighting blackpod disease as rainfall increases in the South East of the country. “The rain pattern is causing infection to crops,” Godwin Ukwu, a farmer and spokesman for the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, said in a phone interview on Wednesday from Ikom, the largest cocoa-producing area
by crossriverwatch admin Four men, one after the other plunged into a deep well and drowned while trying to extricate a bucket from the well after the string with which it was tied was cut off leaving the bucket to sink to the bottom of the well. The incident which happened on Wednesday morning along
by crossriverwatch admin The sharp bend on the hill directly facing the defunct Chinese wood logging company, Wemco has claimed three haulage trucks belonging to multi-billion dollar conglomerate, Dangote Plc in the month of April 2014. The bend which is on a slope is dangerous and tricky to negotiate particularly for speeding vehicles and often