by crossriverwatch admin Peace has finally returned to warring Kutia and Ukwotung communities in Obudu Local Government area in northern Cross River State after the intervention of the Chairman of the local council, Mr. Emmanuel Ugbe and other stakeholders. Hostilities broke out again between the two neighboring communities on Tuesday and continued into Wednesday and
by crossriverwatch admin The People of Obubra in the Central Senatorial district may have concluded where their senatorial bulk vote will go if what a respected voice from the area said is anything to go by. A former Permanent Secretary, Governor’s Office, Dr Mathew Achigbe, while speaking with newsmen in his Yala Okum country home
by crossriverwatch admin Following the large scale irregularities that characterized the ward congresses in Cross River State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has ordered the postponement of the state congress in Cross River state. Announcing the postponement of the congress at a stakeholders meeting in Calabar, last Friday, Chairman of the state congress committee, Dr.
by crossriverwatch admin A family of six comprising husband , Felix Akpabio, wife Helen Oju Akpabio and their four kids Victor, (13) Joshua, (10) Delight (9) and Faith, (7) have perished in a midnight fire which razed their house in Anantigha, Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The inferno which occurred at about 1am on
by crossrivvderwath admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, yesterday received another honor as Bantaba Nigerian Tourism Man of the Year. The Bantaba award was conferred on Imoke by the organizers of the annual travel event, Akwaaba Travel Market at Sheraton Hotel Abuja. In his response at the tourism award, Governor Liyel Imoke while
by crossriverwatch admin The Catholic Diocese in Ogoja is boiling after a businessman, James Okafor caught his wife red handed in his matrimonial bed with a Catholic priest savoring the woman’s private parts. The Catholic priest, a CrossRiverWatch source said had always been a regular visitor to the businessman’s home in Igoli Ogoja and his
by crossriverwatch admin Over five persons are missing and several houses burnt in a raging communal conflict between Ukwotung and Kutia communities in Obudu Local Government in the northern part of Cross River State. The age old conflict which was exclusively reported by CrossRiverWatch to have been reignited on Monday when an old man from
by crossriverwatch admin The sharp bend on the hill directly facing the defunct Chinese wood logging company, Wemco has claimed three haulage trucks belonging to multi-billion dollar conglomerate, Dangote Plc in the month of April 2014. The bend which is on a slope is dangerous and tricky to negotiate particularly for speeding vehicles and often