by crossriverwatch admin For criticizing the annual Calabar Festival/Carnival, Cross River State Youths under the auspices of the All Cross River Youth Forum, ACRIYOF, have asked the State government to call, Major Ibrahim Shofolahan, the Imam of 13 Brigade Mosque in Calabar to order. In a statement on Sunday, signed by the groups coordinator and
by crossriverwatch admin The Nigerian Union of Journalists, Cross River State Chapter has endorsed the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba for re-election into the Red Chamber of the National Assembly for a record fourth term. The endorsement came few weeks after the Nigerian Bar Association NBA, Calabar, gave Egba a clean bill to continue
by crossriverwatch admin Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Bassey Henshaw, on Tuesday said the commission owed contractors over N1trn. The NDDC chairman, who spoke in Calabar when he received the Commissioner representing Cross River State on the board, Mr. Paul Adah, however said all contractors, whose jobs had been certified in line
by crossriverwatch admin The sustained vigilance of undercover police operatives with the Cross River State Police Command successfully arrested a gang of heavily armed militants and nipped in the bud their plans to strike Calabar during the annual Calabar Festival and disrupt the festivities. The Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr Kola Sodipo said Friday
by crossriverwatch admin Dear Governor Imoke: I have followed with keen interest political developments in the state since 1999, often comparing and contrasting your development policy to that of your predecessor Governor Donald Duke. Compared to Duke, you have made great strides towards rural development. The big focus on rural transformation is reflected in two
by crossriverwatch admin Maj. Gen. Kenneth Tobiah Minimah, a Cross Rivers was today named the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in the Twitter and Facebook posts by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Thursday. Minimah, an indigene of Cross River State, was born on
by crossriverwatch admin A fire which razed number 7 Amika Utuk Street, a residential house in Calabar the Cross River State capital has left scores homeless even as two persons sustained serious injuries. Though residents of the burnt building narrowly escaped death, two persons were however injured and property worth millions of naira was destroyed.
by crossriverwatch admin The College of Education Akamkpa chapter of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has called on the governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke and all those responsible for the appointment of a new Provost for the College to ensure that an insider succeeds the outgoing Provost, Prof. Anthony Owan