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Calabar Youths Rush To New SSS Training Center For Daily Jobs

by crossriverwatch admin The new Directorate Of State Security (DSS) Training Center under construction along Tinapa Road, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State has become the new job haven where youths rush to seek for for menial jobs for their daily survival. The training center which occupies a large expanse of land running

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My Mission Is To Create Wealth For The People Of Cross River State – Tanko Ashang

by crossriverwatch admin Majority of the people in Cross River State are poor and anyone who seeks their mandate to govern the state must be disciplined and committed towards creating wealth that will improve their welfare. Mr. Tanko Ashang, a PDP governorship aspirant in Cross River State who stated this in an interview with CrossRiverWatch

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14 Year Old Son Kill Mother In Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin This is not the best of times for the family of Sunday John in Ikot Okon-Nma, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State as an angry son, Sunday John Jnr used a pestle to kill his mother over a minor disagreement on money related issues. The disagreement according to CrossRiverWatch findings

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Shops Shut in Ogoja As Traders Protest High Taxes By Council

by crossriverwatch admin Shops and business premises have remained shut in Ogoja the northern Senatorial District of Cross River State in the past four days following disagreement between the Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Council, Ms Rita Ayim and the traders over the taxes demanded by the council from the traders. The traders are rejecting

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I am Satisfied With Effort Of Northern Stakeholders Forum – Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly

by crossriverwatch admin The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA Hon. Larry Odey has expressed satisfaction with the just concluded meeting of the Northern Stakeholders Forum, NSF describing it as a means of harmonizing the northern interest for the governorship race come 2015. In an interview with CrossRiverWatch after the meeting which held

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86 Communities Benefit From N12.5b Cross River Water Project

by crossriverwatch admin Some 86 communities in Cross River have benefitted from the N12.5 billion water supply project sponsored by the state government in collaboration with the World Bank and First Bank (Nigeria) Plc. Mr Godwin Akwagiobe, the state Water Project Engineer, stated this in an interview with the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) at

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Imoke Storms Lagos On Monday To Woo Corporate Nigeria

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has restated his government’s commitment to hosting the best ever National Sports Festival, tagged the Centenary Games in November. The governor will be in Lagos on Monday for a stakeholders meeting at the Whitbaker Hotel in Ikoyi where he will explain the importance of hosting

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REJOINDER: CRWATCH And The Witch Hunting Of Efiok Cobham BY OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin I read with alarm and total amusement the essay titled “CRWatch and the Witch Hunting of Efiok Cobham” by one Mike Abuo on the internet. I make bold to say the essay by Mr. Abuo is hogwash, balderdash and a mere farrago of words. I am ashamed that somebody who says he

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