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Police Boss Assures Abi Chairman of Command’s Cooperation, Warns Trouble Makers in Abi

by crossriverwatch admin The Area Commander of Ikom police Area Command ACP D. D. Kromoa has assured the Chairman of Abi Local Government Council of his command’s unflinching cooperation to ensure peace and order in the Local Government Area. ACP Kromoa made the remark recently when he paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of

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Vena Ikem Loses Father

by crossriverwatch admin Father of a former national spokesman of PDP, Mr. Venatius Ikem is dead. Pa Sylvanus Ikem died yesterday in his home town in Obudu after slumping at an occasion where members of Begiaba Farmers’ Multi Purpose Cooperative, of which he was the chairman, went to bury one of their late members. Mr.

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Navy Arrest 12 Drug Smugglers, Impound Boat in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin A Large wooden boat laden with about three thousand bales of textile materials, twenty bags of shoes, one hundred bags of rice and ten cartons of substances suspected to be hard drugs were impounded on Friday by the NNS Victory, Calabar. Arrested along with the boat are twelve alleged smugglers who brought

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National Conference: Ita Giwa, Gen. Ukpo, Tawo To Represent Cross River

by crossriverwatch admin Senator Florence Ita Giwa, General Anthony Ukpo Rtd, and Dr. Pius Tawo have emerged as the three delegates that will represent Cross River State in the national conference. A statement on Thursday night by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim named a total of 492 delegates including the

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I Regret Running For Nigeria – Mercy Nku, Former Nigerian Olympian

by crossriverwatch admin Mercy Nku, former Nigerian international athlete has said she regrets not dumping Nigeria to compete for other countries that were courting her to feature for them because her efforts have never been recognised or appreciated by those who run Nigerian sports. Cross River born Mercy Nku who won two gold medals for

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Lady Dies After Jumping Into Aya River in Ogoja

by crossriverwatch admin A lady in her early thirties simply identified as Miss Patience this morning jumped from Abakpa bridge into the Aya River and died before rescuers could bring her out of the river. Eye witnesses who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said, a motor cyclist carried her from Igoli and on reaching the Abakpa bridge,

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UNICAL: Rotaract Club Installs First Female President

by crossriverwatch admin A new chapter was opened in the leadership history of the Rotaract club of Calabar, University of Calabar (ROTA-UNICAL) as the club installed her first female president recently. The humanitarian club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calabar installed a female as president after 28 years of existence as a chattered club.

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Cross River Online Journalists Meet on Saturday

by crossriverwatch admin A meeting of online journalists and publishers has been scheduled for Saturday March 8, 2014 in Calabar. In a brief statement by the conveners, the meeting is intended to bring together all the sites, blogs and other online platforms that are projecting Cross River state or operating from Cross River state to

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