By Wisdom Okon A sixteen-year-old girl, Miss Cynthia Udoh (not her real name) who narrowly escaped being raped shares her experience with CrossRiverWatch. Narrating her ordeal she blamed her plight on the lack of social amenities such as street lights, security, and insufficient water facilities in Atakpa market in Calabar South and environ where she
By Patrick Obia The member representing Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alex Egbona, and member-elect of Yakurr 1 State Constituency in State House of Assembly, Hon. Cyril Omini has sympathized with victims whose shops were razed down in Ugep main market last night. They both conveyed their sympathy through different statements
By Kingsley Charles, Rest of World As inflation rises above 20%, middle-class Nigerians are forming WhatsApp groups to buy food items in bulk directly from producers and share among themselves. Rest of World tracked nine such WhatsApp groups across six Nigerian cities, where members could save up to 22% on food items compared to market
By News Agency of Nigeria Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has expressed sadness over the fire that destroyed goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday at the popular fruits Market at Marian in Calabar. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his deputy chief press secretary, Linus Obogo, on Wednesday. “I am saddened
By Archibong Jeremiah Market women have taken to the street to protest the relocation of 8 Miles market from Agro Feed by Ntoe street to Timber market Ikot Enebong. The women in their large number barricaded the Calabar – Ikom highway (infront of the old market, after the Army checkpoint). The market was moved by
By Patrick Obia and Marilyn Uyanah As Nigerians prepare to join the muslims celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, CrossRiverWatch observed that the cost of common food items in two major markets in Calabar, the Cross River capital have increased. The Federal Government had announced Thursday as public holiday to celebrate Eid-ul Mawlid. And, when
By Jonathan Ugbal Four years after the Lagos line section of the Mile 2 market in Ikom was razed in an inferno, traders are currently counting their loses after their shops were consumed by fire on Friday night. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday with early reports suggesting a faulty electrical system
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Men, who claimed to be officials of Local Councils in Cross River State, have manhandled shop owners, traders, hawkers and market women for daring to resist payments of rates and levies in the Mbukpa markets and Ambo axis of Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. Two weeks ago,