By Our Correspondent As part of its outreach activities, beginning Saturday May 21, 2016, Mediatrix Development Foundation, a non governmental initiative of the Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade, will be offering specialized health services to residents of Ikom and Yakurr local government areas in Cross River State. Mediatrix Foundation is
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State government has debunked reports in some sections of the media that there is an impending outbreak of Diarrhoea disease in the State Capital Calabar, due to piles of rubbish littering the streets. The news which has been lingering in the press since early in the week has created
By Odey Ojeka Violence broke out in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government, May 17, 2016 following the killing of a businessman in the community. A CrossRiverWatch reporter account that at about 6am, 17th May 2016, a former councillor in Ikpakapit Ward in Ugep, Hon. Larry, who now deals in building materials was called by unknown persons
By CrossRiverWatch admin Uncharacteristic of what used to be known of Calabar as the cleanest city in the country, the Cross River State capital is now in the news for the wrong reasons. In this eye witness report by Channels Television, some residents say the capital may lose it’s status as Nigeria’s cleanest and greenest
Inyali Peter Worried by the recent increase of crime rate in the state, the gubernatorial candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress in Cross River State in the 2015 general election, Mr. Odey Ochicha has challenged the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade to justify what he receives as security votes. In a statement released in
By CrossRiverWatch admin A nanny, Covenant Bassey, on Friday May 13, 2016 kidnapped a 1year 5months old baby put under her care in Calabar. The boy, little David Ekpedeme Robinson was later rescued from his captor at a trailer park in Onne in Rivers State by the police and reunited with the parents. Anxious parents
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Commissioner for Rural Transformation, Establishment and Training Mr. Sunday Achunekang has said that his Ministry is looking at new ways to ease the suffering encountered by Pensioners in the State, by digitalizing the entire process. The Commissioner who spoke with CrossRiverWatch in his office said that the digitalization
By Our Correspondent Senators representing Cross River State at the National Assembly, Senators John Owan Enoh and Gershom Bassey, as well as a member of the House of Representatives, Honorable Bassey Ewa, have commended Governor Ben Ayade for the establishment of the Cross River Garment Factory, which they said will have multiplier effects and impact