By CrossRiverWatch admin The Nigerian Army has confirmed that militants killed one of its personnel in Bakassi Local Government Area on Saturday. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, who confirmed the incident in a statement, however, said the troops killed two of the militants in the attack that occurred in the morning. He
By CrossRiverWatch Admin John Inyang, The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in Cross River State temporarily lost his cool with a CrossRiverWatch correspondent following his persistent inquiry over why staff of the ministry locked the yet–to–be-opened radio station belonging to former NNPC top gun, Jedy Agba. Inyang had initially declined comments claiming he was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has declined direct comments on the data from the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) that its external debt currently stands at about 131.469 million dollars i.e. over 41 billion Naira. The Finance Commissioner, Asuquo Ekpenyong and his counterpart in Information and Orientation, Friday declined comments on
By Our Correspondent The use of antibiotics for the treatment of diarrhea is wrong and health care givers should desists from doing so as they risk complicating health matters warns the Cross River State government. The Director General, Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Betta Edu, stated this Thursday while flagging off
By CrossRiverWatch admin A book titled, “Ada Bekwara: Biography of Chief Linus Okom”, written by his wife, Dr. Monica Okom is holding today Thursday 22, 2016. The event holding at the Kolanut event Center, Barracks Road, Calabar is starting about now, (noon) and eminent personalities including veteran politicians, captains of industry, religious leaders, women’s groups,
By Ikwen Atuaka A peaceful society is possible if only people learnt to tolerate and forgive say the government and clergymen in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. The call was made Wednesday shortly after a solidarity march from the council secretariat to the Federal College of Education via the Cyclist park
By Jonathan Ugbal The 19th National Sports Festival earlier christened Centenary Games then Paradise City games may not hold in November 2016 as promised by the Cross River State Government as investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that with less than two months to the opening date, facilities are still not ready. A highly placed source in
By Ushang Ewa Investigations by CrossRiverWatch have revealed how bad decisions from the management of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) and lack of attention from the Cross River State Government has led to the current financial challenges faced by the institution. CrossRiverWatch findings showed that the balances in the several institution’s accounts were