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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Gunmen who kidnapped a Director in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Bibiana Elemi-Edu, last Friday along Target Street in Calabar have demanded N100m ransom to free her. Elemi-Edu, who is the President of Catholic Women Organization of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Calabar, was kidnapped at about 7pm last
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state Commissioner of Police, Obi Ozeh, on Monday told newsmen in Calabar that a serving Corporal who is also a member of a criminal gang, was involved in the gun duel that ensued between gangsters and the police along Eyamba street in Calabar South LGA on 11th of October,
By Anietie Akpan Odukpani Quo Clan, in Odukpani Local Council of Cross River State, comprises of 29 villages. Today, it is a ghost community, completely deserted. The worst hit is New Netim village, where there is no single soul in the entire village. Even domestic animals have taken up habitation in places they consider safe.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Members of the Bakassi Strike Force BSF, a militant group in Cross River state have indicated their unreserved willingness to lay down their arms and embrace amnesty. Leader of the group, Benjamin Ene, also known as ‘Humble Lion or G1’ has contacted the Cross River State command of the Department of State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN has resumed office in Port Harcourt with a promise that things will be done differently by the Management and Board of the Commission. Egba who spoke at his resumption yesterday said the battered image of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Chief Tony Undiandeye, the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor of Cross River State on Public Affairs, Tuesday night escaped death by the whiskers after having a scuffle with an armed robber who invaded his bedroom in his Obudu home. Undiandeye, a former caretaker Chairman of Obudu Local Government who has been
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal care in order to reduce the risk of stillbirths and pregnancy complications and give women a positive pregnancy experience. According to report from WHO Headquarters Geneva, last year an estimated 303, 000 women died from