By our reporter The Lily Williams foundation says it is set to train 20 girls in Ogoja on the art of make up as well as empower them with start up kits at the end of the capacity building. The founder, Lily Okem Williams who is based in the United States of America disclosed this
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Commissioner for Environment, Engineer Mike Eraye says the state is fascinated about the Waste-To-Wealth (WtW) initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme of the project. “We are anxious to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), perfect it and are also determined to regain our status (as number one tourist
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Police in Cross River State on Friday said it rescued a kidnapped victim at Bacoco community in Calabar from his abductors. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Henry Fadairo, made this known to newsmen while giving an update on the activities of the command. Fadairo said men of the SARS
By Jeremiah Archibong, Jonathan Ugbal, Frank Edima and Ikwen Atuaka Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol is now selling for almost N400 per litre in Calabar the Cross River State capital barely 24 hours after the timeline earlier given by the Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu to end the lingering
By Jonathan Ugbal Twenty pupils of Sacred Heart Primary School, Bedia in Obudu local government area of Cross River State are to benefit from the maiden edition of the Major Simon Stephen Adugba Agba’s Foundation scholarship scheme. “This gesture is in line with the foundation’s vision to see every child educated as every child has
By Jonathan Ugbal Investigations by CrossRiverWatch have revealed that there are about 4000 ghost workers in the Primary Health Care (PHC) Departments across the 18 local government areas of Cross River State on payroll. This is even as the 18 PHCs across the state are suffering from acute staff shortage with official records showing that
By Our Correspondent The Memorandum of Understanding between Cross River government and Thai- African Corporation Limited is now in full implementation phase, as investors from the company have arrived Calabar for the construction of the Rice City. Speaking to newsmen at the construction site along Goodluck Jonathan Bypass, the Business Development Director of the company,
By CrossRiverWatch admin Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President, has said that the Federal Government will soon commence work on the Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Calabar rail routes to boost economic activities within the nation. Osibanjo, in his keynote address at the First National Forum on Economy organized by Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation Newspapers,