By CrossRiverWatch admin In continuation of a series of scheduled nationwide and sectoral town hall meetings, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday took questions from 100 pressure groups at the Oranmiyan Hall of the Airport Hotel in Lagos, where he assured Nigerians that the Lagos – Calabar railway was safe and secured in the 2016
Inyali Peter, Calabar Barely three days after some Cross Riverians appealed to the State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade to intervene in the conflict between Yakurr and Obubra communities, another communal war involving three villages in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state has birthed. Okpagada and Mbagede communities are currently in serious communal war with
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed a new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) which has its headquarters in Calabar the Cross River state capital. The Director of Information NN, Commodore Christian Ezekobe who disclosed this in a statement recently says the change is in line with
By Our Correspondent In a move that will take many aback, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has dragged the Cross River State Government to the Federal High Court in Calabar seeking an order to stop any further construction work on the proposed 260km superhighway without carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment
Inyali Peter, Calabar A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the governorship candidate of the party in the 2015 general election in Cross River State, Mr. Odey Ochicha has slammed Governor Ben Ayade’s silence over the communal war between Onyadama village of Obubra local government area and Nyima and Nko Community of Yakurr
By Ushang Ewa The immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE) Obudu, Chief Eugene Ibli has died. CrossRiverWatch gathered from sources close to the family that Ibli kicked the bucket in Makurdi, Benue state where he has been receiving treatment for a condition the source did not disclose. Ibli, a third degree
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr. Inyang Asibong says malaria is no longer the leading cause of death in the state due to efforts by the government to ensure it achieves this year’s World Malaria Day goal which seeks to end the menace of malaria for good. Asibong, who
Big dreams that emanates from a clear mind and heart, followed up with a lucid direction on how to go about the actualization of such dreams will always lead to huge manifestation of mind bulging infrastructural development which stunted minds can hardly fathom to be possible in this realm of existence among mortal men. The