By Archibong Jeremiah The newly reintroduced stop and search operation by the Police in Cross River State has returned with its attendant challenge of extortion by policemen at different check points that they have erected around Calabar and environs. It will be recalled that in a recent courtesy call to the State Governor’s office, the
By Our Editorial Team The rescheduled General Elections are fixed for March 28th and April 11, 2015 throughout the country. The Presidential and National Assembly elections are billed to come up first on 28th of this month. In Cross River state, the various candidates who are flying the flags of their respective political parties in
By Archibong Jeremiah/Uduak Pepple Investigation by CrossRiverWatch has revealed that the Cross River State Water Board Limited, CRSWBL which is the only company handling water supply in the state has not supplied water to Calabar metropolis for over month. Several complaints by residents of the state capital had caused CrossRiverWatch reporters to go round the
By Aplefe Ojong As part of the activities for the 28th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Calabar, the President, Dr. GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan last Saturday commissioned three completed projects at the University of Calabar. The Projects are the Law Library which is facilitated by Alumni of the UNICAL Law Faculty, Senator Ita Enang; Senator
By Ugani Elijah Obudu Local Government Council in Cross River State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Cross River State Government’s SmartGov in a deal facilitated by the Growth and Employment in States, GEMS3 on improved approach to revenue collection using the Point of Sale (POS) machine within the council’s jurisdiction. The
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and Chief Press Secretary to the Cross River State Governor, Mr. Christian Ita, has reacted quickly to allegations by the opposition Labor party that the PDP led government in Cross River State should be held responsible for the upsurge of violence in the state, particularly
Long before the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party sounded the whistle to signal the commencement of its governorship campaign, Senator Ben Ayade was already considered by many as a presumptive governor merely awaiting a formal coronation on May 29. And by the time the campaign was finally flagged off on January
By Raymond Ekemini A total of 8, 180 graduands have been passed out by the University of Calabar in its 28th convocation ceremony held at the Abraham Ordia stadium, UNICAL, Saturday. Out of this number, 6,823 are First Degrees, 940 higher degrees and 417 Diplomas. The Vice Chancellor., University of Calabar, Prof. James Epoke who