By Jonathan Ugbal Following reports that the proposed Kano film village to be named after President Muhammadu Buhari was stopped by the president to please hardline Muslims, Callywood’s director Egor Efiok has suggested the project be sited in Cross River State. Egor, in a short and dramatic message to CrossRiverWatch urged those criticizing the president
By Elijah Ugani Undergraduates of the faculty of law in the University of Calabar have called for the removal of their union’s staff adviser Andrew Emwanta following allegations of victimization and threats to their academic goals. The students under the aegis of Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) made known their grievances in a demonstration
By CrossRiverWatch admin Obudu: Following the birthing of quadruplets, a teenage mother says she will utilise one family planning method before leaving the hospital in what she says is a step in the right direction. Patience Abantelhe in her mid twenties put to birth 3 boys and 1 girl at about 9:30 AM Friday at
By Onyeanuna Onyedikachi The Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has urged Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba to help address the lingering infrastructural challenges in Cross Rivers State. Chairman of the State Chapter, John Ochala, speaking through the Vice Chairman central, Hon. Cletus Obun, made the plea yesterday, in Abuja, during a solidarity
By Elijah Ugani and Jonathan Ugbal In a bid to return Cross River State to its clean and green nature, Cross Riverians recently have develop several means of evacuating and managing waste. Volunteerism, basic recycling, composting and burning have become new trends across the state findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal. “We are doing this to encourage
By CrossRiverWatch admin National Vice Chairman, South South of the governing APC, Hilliard Eta has justified recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari saying he has the discretion to choose whoever he deems fit to deliver on the change mantra. In a statement by Eta in Calabar, the APC chieftain who is a member of
By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River State is set to become one of few states in the country to adopt and domesticate the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. The adoption of the Act is a demonstration of the political will of Governor Ben Ayade who feels that the justice sector reform in the state should move
By Our Correspondent A Russian firm, Safinet Group has expressed its desire to establish a 7,000 barrels per day capacity refinery in Calabar with a provision to increase production to between 60,000 to 65, 000 barrels a day. Chairman of Safinet, Mr. Arsen Mudonov disclosed this during a meeting with the state governor, Senator Ben