By CrossRiverWatch admin Heavy rainstorm has killed a 19-year-old girl and destroyed no fewer than 300 houses in Bansan and Irruan communities in Boki Local Government area of Cross River. Mr John Inaku, the Director General of Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this on Monday in Calabar. Inaku said that
By Bassey Inyang Seriously worried about the kidnapping of their members, the Igbo community in Cross River State, comprising traders and others, has decided to close their shops and suspend their services for two days to protest the rampant kidnap of Igbo people doing business in the state. Operating under the aegis of Igbo Unity
By CrossRiverWatch admin Dr. Betta Edu, Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA), has promised to lend her voice both in the media and other avenues to source for support for the Bakassi Returnees whose lands and properties were ceded to neighboring Cameron. She disclosed this when she paid a visit
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Chief of Staff to Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade, Martin Orim on Saturday in Obudu, took his wife Lucy to church in holy matrimony. Orim, who consummated the marriage in a traditional manner 6 years ago decided to bless it in a way his religious faith, the Roman
By Jonathan Ugbal Over a decade after the Bette-Tiv war which saw several lives lost with attendant destruction of farmlands and properties, a directive by the Police and NSCDC in Obudu nearly caused another war again Thursday last week, CrossRiverWatch sources reveal. “The Police and the NSCDC carried their vans and told us to relax
By Archibong Jeremiah Mr. Baron Eyo has succeeded Governor Ben Ayade’s Special Adviser on Inter Party Affairs, Mr. Austin Ibok as the new Chairman of Labor Party in Cross River State. Baron was presented unanimously from the Southern Senatorial District of the State; the same zone where the immediate past Chairman is from. The emergence
By Our Correspondent The Nigeria Football Federation NFF says Cross River football loving supporters and the government of Cross River State should be rest assured that the late John Okon Ene will be immortalized by the Glass House. NFF Deputy Secretary General, Emmanuel Ikpeme disclosed this during an interview with newsmen shortly after a church
By Our Correspondent A socio-political organisation in Cross River State ,”Destiny Group” has charged the University of Calabar Vice Chancellor, Professor Zana Akpagu to live up to his promises to turn around most of the moribund infrastructure and improve students welfare as the first alumni of the University to attain such a position in UNICAL.