By Godwin Otang Suspected brake failure has left four staff of the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) injured in Calabar, Cross River State. The incident occurred along Marian Road by Mary Slessor Roundabout in the prime hours of the day, when the vehicle loaded with refuse failed brake and swerved to the side of the
By Archibong Jeremiah This is Bogobiri by Mary Slessor road Calabar, the Cross River State capital where the stench from the filled refuse bin will almost knock you off your feet. The refuse bin is usually emptied on daily basis by Government agents, but for three days now (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) it has not
By Patrick Obia and Gift Ikpete Mary Slessor Memorial and Heritage Foundation and her adopted daughters are set to launch a new foundation in her honor. This was disclosed by a body who paid a courtesy visit to the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) where they averred that the purpose for the launch
By Ogar Monday/Oto-Bong Clement Mountain Cinema Nigeria, a theater and movie production company based in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has staged a play in honor of a missionary and change agent Mary Mitchell Slessor in Okoyong, Odukpani Local Government Area. The play which depicts the life and conditions of twins in pre-Slessor’s Okoyong,
By Monday Ogar The people of Okoyong in Odukpani Local Government Area, LGA of Cross River State have bestowed a posthumous award to Mary Slessor (White Queen of Okoyong), David Livingstone and the Church of Scotland for their service to humanity in general and Okoyong in particular. While presenting the award the traditional ruler of
By Archibong Jeremiah As part of activities marking the centenary memorial of Mary Slessor, the Scottish evangelist famed for stopping the killing of twins in Calabar, the Women Guild of Presbyterian Church over the weekend held a procession in her honor. The procession which took off from the Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar walked through
By Obaji Akpet Efforts are rife by Mountain Cinema Nigeria to relive the legacies of the great Scottish missionary woman, Mary Mitchell Slessor, who lived in Africa and affected the abrogation of the barbaric killing of twins in the continent. The movie and event organisation company, based in Cross River, announced plans to hold an
by crossriverwatch admin “Run, Ma! Run!” Whenever Ma, the white woman, heard these words she knew that serious trouble was brewing, so she hurried out of the house and down the path into the forest. Presently she found Etim, the oldest son and heir apparent of chief Edem, lying unconscious under a tree which had