By Our Correspondent The Project Coordinator of the Calabar International Convention Center, CICC, Mr. Reginald Longdon, has described the center as the best in Africa, just as he commended the vision of the state governor, Senator Liyel Imoke for establishing what he called a one-stop conference center in the state. Mr. Longdon maintained that the
By CrossRiverWatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch has it that some members of a criminal cult group Supreme Vikings Confraternity, yesterday, Friday 22/05/2015 short and killed a member of another rival gang, Skilo. The incident which occurred between 7:15pm and 7:30pm at a local joint in Effanga Nsa street Calabar South, Cross River State (the street
By CrossRiverWatch admin Seven years after the crash of a Beechcraft 1900D aircraft in Obudu, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the final report of the investigation carried out on four air accidents that occurred in the Nigerian airspace within the period. The report is coming seven years after the accident had occurred. According
By Archibong Jeremiah His Royal Highness, Muri Munene Effiong Okokon Mbukpa, the Paramount Ruler of the Efut nation (Calabar South) Cross River State has expressed high hopes that the incoming administration led by Senator Ben Ayade will do exceedingly better than the present administration of Senator Liyel Imoke. The Muri Munene bared his mind in
By Jonathan Ugbal Tension around the urban wards one and two in Obudu local government area is high even as there have been several arrests by officers of the Nigeria Police Force NPF, as they begin stop and search operations. Suspected fleeing cultists have been worst hit according to security sources with one of the
By CrossRiverWatch admin A group of youths operating on the platform of the Cross River Central Youth Movement, CRCYM, have reacted angrily to the comments made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State against the Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, describing him as an unstable member of the party. Chairman
The poverty of bourgeoisie mentality is like a canker-worm that has eaten deep into the Nigerian development concept. How do we explain a 6 billion naira specialist hospital built in Yenogua almost a decade ago, never used, today the building is said to be sinking? We have not addressed basic primary health care, yet we
By Aplefe Ojong The Governor-Elect, Professor Senator Ben Ayade has been described as a qualified and professional Environmental expert who will not implement any policy that will be injurious to the sustainability of Cross River State Forests. Director-General of the Cross River State Political Network, Prince Michael Nku Abuo, who disclosed this while speaking with