By Ikwen Atuaka A man has been allegedly murdered by loan sharks over inability to pay a debt owed by his brother in Obudu local government area. The victim whose name was simply given as Gregory sources say was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday last week in Ukwel-Obudu village with rumour mills
By CrossRiverWatch admin The ground breaking ceremony for the 240km Super Highway from Calabar to Obudu up to Kastsina Ala, which was earlier scheduled to be done by President Buhari on September 21 will now hold on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. The event was cancelled due to concerns about the Environmental Impact Assessment of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin General Anthony Ukpo rtd, an indigene of Yala in northern Cross River state and former Military Administrator of old Rivers State, has been named among the persons to return monies that were allegedly collected from the government of Rivers State under the administration of Governor Rotimi Amaechi, for projects that were not
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday also affirmed the election of the Member representing Obudu/Obanlikwu/Bekwara Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon.Legor Idagbo. In the judgement delivered by its Chairman, Justice I.W. Jawuro, the Tribunal ruled that the Labor party candidate, Dr. Godwin Amanke had failed to discharge the
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday dismissed all the cases it had at its disposal calling them “mere academic exercise” giving victory to all the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the tribunal. The cases were between Dr Alex Egobona of Labor Party (LP) and Mr. Bassey Ewa of PDP,
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch can authoritatively confirm that the three senior Police Officers from the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), Cross River State Police Headquarters Diamond Hill involved in the extra-judicial killing of Derek Maurice Ben and 6 others on April 17th, 2014 have been officially dismissed from the Nigeria Police. They were dismissed after
By Ushang Ewa Residents in Cross River state capital city of Calabar may soon again question the ability and will of the present administration to maintain the clean status of Calabar following the slow pace of waste evacuation which has seen refuse returning to the streets after a temporary absence. In the past four months,
By Ushang Ewa The several issues faced by the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) following face offs with the institution’s unions and the state government over money matters, may be pushing the Vice Chancellor, Professor Owan Enoh to risk prosecution for funds diversion in trying to secure accreditation of programs run by the varsity.