By CrossRiverWatch Admin Seven host communities to Lafarge-Holcim cement company in Akamkpa local government of Cross River State have again threatened to shut down the company operations. The host communities are at daggers drawn with the company over alleged neglect of the people and non implementation of the 80% local content policy. Over 500 youths
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State government has vowed that it will deal decisively with trouble makers and that there will no longer be ‘Mr. Nice guy’ in resolving the unending communal war between Ediba and Usumutong in Abi local government area of the state. Ten youths were reportedly killed in renewed hostilities between
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Efforts by the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in Cross River to bring more beauty to Calabar has taken a new dimension with the state government taking the burden of repairing broken fences, replacing old and leaking roofs and painting of private houses along the approach to the city center around Mile 8.
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By CrossRiverWatch Admin Arguably, the first Nollywood film made entirely in Bette Language of Obudu LGA in Northern Cross River State is set to debut in the market. Bette is one of the major sub-dialectal groups of the Bantu stock and a sub-group of Ekoi spoken with little variants in 5 political wards in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than 49 persons have lost their lives from road accidents in Cross River between January 2016 to date, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, Sector Commander of FRSC in Cross River, disclosed this in Calabar at the end of the 2016 remembrance week for road
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River born Cecilia Otu-Akpan claimed the singles title at the final of the maiden Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Championships (women category) held at the Indoor Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos. The Cross River State Canaan Queens Table Tennis Club also came second in the Club Championships while
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) says more than 500,000 worshipers are expected at the birthday celebration of its founder, Olumba Olumba Obu, underway in Calabar. Archbishop Princely Ibeabuchi, spokesman of the organization, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. Ibeabuchi