As early as 7.00 am, Friday, July 31, 2015, Court 5 of the Federal High Court located at Maitama, district, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja was filled to its seating capacity. Outside the Court Room within the court premise, many groups of Cross River State extraction including the Northern Cross River Forum, Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch admin Hon. Itam V. Abang, member Cross River State House of Assembly representing Boki 1 State constituency has been accused of fraud in a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Chief Ferdinand Bette Enu, the petitioner through his legal counsel, A. A. Malami, SAN and Co. in
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH yesterday began her 13th matriculation ceremony with 1,751 students participating in the ceremony even as reports indicate that the state government has paid arrears owed staff of the institution for the month of April 2015. The Vice Chancellor, VC of the institution,
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Cross River State House of Assembly is set to form a democracy club which will be unveiled next Friday, according to the Speaker of the House, Hon. John Gaul Lebo. . The Speaker who is currently attending the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Nairobi Kenya, in an update on his timeline
By Jonathan Ugbal The ability of cocoa farmers to comprehend and prepare adequately for changes in the agricultural sub sector in terms of pricing is a determining factor for true success in the business. This and many more were part of the lessons learned from modules delivered by experts in the cocoa business from across
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent Members of Ikang Combined Council (ICC) have beckoned their representative in the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA), Hon. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey, to swiftly take legislative actions to address three major plights of the constituency. The demand was made recently during a courtesy call to Hon. EKpo
By CrossRiverWatch admin The relentless pressure being mounted by human rights lawyers and activist, Okoi Obono Obla on anti corruption agencies to probe the immediate past administration in Cross River state, seem to be giving the former governor, Liyel Imoke sleepless nights, CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered. Chief Okoi Obono Obla has mounted a persistent campaign,
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that plans are underway to downgrade the Cross State Polytechnic otherwise known as the Institute of Technology and Management, ITM in Ugep to a technical college. The Cross River State Government had entered into a partnership with Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom to design a demand-driven curriculum for