By Archibong Jeremiah Tanker drivers Monday morning staged a peaceful protest in Calabar, Cross River State capital blocking the Murtala Mohammed highway by Harbor junction. The protest according to a driver named Yusuf who spoke to our reporter is to kick against incessant police harassment. Yusuf revealed that the previous night a driver was badly
BEING A TEXT OF A CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING PAPER PRESENTED BY SOLOMON E. ASHA, SA MEDIA TO GOVERNOR BEN AYADE, AT A WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY CrossRiverWatch FOR THEIR REPORTERS, OWNERS OF ONLINE MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THEIR REPORTERS, ON THE TOPIC: ‘BASIC TOOLS OF NEWS WRITING’, HELD AT THE MINI CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE CrossRiverWatch CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS,
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), an Environmental NGO based in the Cross River State Capital, Calabar, has called on President Mohammedu Buhari to urgently seek answers from the state government, in relation to pending issues over Governor Ayade’s 260km Super Highway project. In a press release signed by Prince Odey
1. My memories growing up in four corners Ikom are always fresh. Not the urban four corners of today. I mean the four corners of those days when we looked forward and celebrated catholic bazaar with pump, when the only public television was often mounted at then Mercantile Bank for the public to catch up
By CrossRiverWatch admin Just as Cross River State prepares to bury the remains of a former deputy governor of the State, Dr. Mathias Offoboche, CrossRiverWatch has also gathered reliably that another former Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Walter Eneji is dead. A family source who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said Dr. Walter has been ill
By Our Reporter The need to ensure online journalists operate within the ambits of the ethics and the path charted by the traditional media has been described as the key to maintaining the integrity of the journalism profession as online media phases in. The Special Assistant, Media to Cross River governor, Benedict Ayade, Mr. Solomon
By Our Correspondent Mrs. Elizabeth Edet Inyang, indigene of Ekong Anaku village in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State has emerged the first winner of one million naira at the ongoing Calabar Carnival Bumper Raffle Draw. The Calabar Carnival Bumper Raffle draw is a new strategy initiated by the State Government to ameliorate
By Ikwen Atuaka/Ogar Agi Following the fire that gutted the Obudu branch of Zenith Bank PLC, the bank has since shut down operations CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. A visit to the financial institution located at the old pedestrian gate of the Federal College of Education Obudu by CrossRiverWatch for four days in a row beginning from