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
by crossriverwatch admin The ready help of a famous elephant hunter led to the rise of the Hausa quarters in Ikom, Cross River State. The great hunt. It began as a hunt for Elephants. Today, 160 years on, one cannot see elephants in the area, but the story itself is elephantine in many ways. In
by crossriverwatch admin A group of youths from Ikom 1 State Constituency have registered their protest against their representative in the State House of Assembly, Hon Agbiji Mbeh Agbiji over what the group described as poor representation and high handedness of the legislator. The youths numbering over hundred under the Name ‘Olulumo for Ikom’ displayed