By CrossRiverWatch Admin A sociopolitical group with the name, Ogoja/yala Amalgated Political Forum (OYAPF) has called on Chief Henry Igelle Onwe, to contest the Yala/Ogoja House of Representatives seat recently made vacant with the Appeal Court ruling in favour of its occupant, Hon. Jarigbe Agom to assume Cross River North Senate seat. A statement made
By Rosemary Nkereuem Xavier Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade on Thursday, approved the appointment of two new Special Assistants. The appointment was contained in a press statement by his Special Advicer on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita. The new Assistants are Mr. Christopher Odey as Senior Special Assistant – Inter Governmental
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cattle herders have been chased out of Obudu Local Government Area in Northern Cross River State. The reason for sacking the herders is because of damages to farmlands. Watch on CrossRiverWatch TV below.
The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo is a topical radio program which airs on Hit95.9FM Calabar, Sundays 6-7pm. Introduction There are different definitions of who a youth is. While the Catholic Church categorizes those between age 13 and 35 as youths, the revised youth policy in Nigeria puts youths as those between the ages of 18
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Senator Stephen Odey has lost another bid to reclaim his seat as the lawmaker representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly. He suffered his second loss on Saturday when the Court of Appeal in Abuja dismissed his application, asking the Court to review its earlier judgement which declared Jarigbe
Weekend File is a news program on CrossRiverWatch television and radio that delves deep beyond the headlines, news, views and analysis that dominated public discourse within the week in Cross River State and the Niger Delta region. Our guest for this episode (1) is Darlington Edem, journalist and publisher of The Parchment. He is the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Project Alert on Violence Against Women, an NGO based in Lagos has launched today on social media, a documentary on community services available for survivors of Sexual and Gender based Violence, SGBV. The documentary tells the stories of survivors and the help they got from the SGBV Community Surveillance Teams the NGO
By Azogor Ideba Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, Monday, presented 3 Toyota Land Cruiser Jeeps to Cross River National Assembly members in his political party, APC. Gov. Ayade, through his Chief of Staff, Hon. Martin Orim made the car presentation to the NASS members at the Cross River State Liaison Office, Abuja.