By Our Reporter Providence may just have been the only thing that prevented a huge fire disaster yesterday after a truck belonging to Oando Plc, fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol crashed into a shoe shop at No. 31 Target Street, Calabar. The incident which happened around 7pm according to
By Ushang Ewa Revenue collection agents in Obudu local government area have stepped up their collection game as the Christmas celebration draws nearer findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. The agents whom CrossRiverWatch gathered report to different authorities and bodies of government now go after defaulters with renewed vigor by deploying new strategies to ensure they go
By Archibong Jeremiah Stanley Nsemo-Livingstone, Director General, Cross River State Signage and Advertisement Agency (CRISSA) has disclosed that, “Virtually 80% of the bill boards in Cross River are not built by Cross Riverians, they are assembled in Cross River but not by Cross Riverians and people come from Lagos or Port Harcourt to install all
Atuaka/Linus Ogar By Ikwen The ban enforced on fireworks by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the yuletide will be enforced to the fullest in Obudu local government area says the Community Relations Officer (CRO) to the governor, Emmanuel Akwagiobe. Akwagiobe disclosed this in a meeting with the traders union and relevant government authorities
By Inyali Peter A lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Mr. Otiko Tony Monday, has organized free medical check up and counselling for students of the institution. The medical outreach which held at the main campus of the institution on Monday, November 30 2015 saw students of
By CrossRiverWatch admin There are hopes that the deplorable state of the Yahe-Ukele-Igede highway may soon receive the attention of the federal government in the 2016 Appropriation proposal. This follows the moving of a motion by Hon. Jarigbe Agom, Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency calling on the House of Representatives to pass a resolution that
By CrossRiverWatch admin Member representing Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwara Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Legor Idagbo wants the Green Chambers to pass a resolution calling on the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS and all other relevant government agencies to immediately recall the 2000 new recruits of the service who were ‘dispersed’ unceremoniously
By Our Correspondent Speaker of Cross River State House Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo is now a Strategist on Climate Change Adaptation following a successful course in London. The intensive training which now makes the Speaker a specialized policymaker on climate change adaptation, lasted four days and was organized by the International Center for Parliamentary