By CrossRiverWatch admin The Palace of the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South and King of the Efut Nation located at Anantigha has been forcefully opened and traditional rites carried out by some Chiefs and youths (names withheld). The Palace which has been under lock and key since 2012 following the Kingship tussle between the then
By CrossRiverWatch admin Maurice Ekong, the Special Adviser Petroleum Resources to Cross River Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has announced the availability in commercial quantity, crude oil reserves in the northern part of the state. Ekong disclosed this recently in an exclusive interview with CrossRiverWatch in his office where he also disclosed that the state Government
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Cross River State commissioner for health, Dr. Inyang Asibong says her ministry beat it’s counterparts across the country as well as the federal ministry of health in the development of a Strategic Health Development Plan. Asibong made this known while addressing participants at a healthcare financing stakeholders meeting held
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent The Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Dr. Betta Edu says the agency will accept nothing short of a multi-year operational plan (MOP) that will assure quality healthcare delivery to Cross Riverians. Betta disclosed Friday, in Calabar during a technical meeting organized by
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has obtained the exclusive pictures of the door of the hotel room (Delta Room) which was forcefully broken by the Special Assistant Tourism, to Governor Ayade, Eric Anderson in search of the incumbent Chairman of the state chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. CrossRiverWatch had earlier reported how the
By CrossRiverWatch admin CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered that 23 suspected herdsmen and illegal immigrants from neighboring Niger Republic have were yesterday expelled from Obudu by a joint team of the Nigeria Immigration and Nigeria Police force. The eviction which was coordinated in conjunction with the office of the Security Adviser in the local government and
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, called on the State House of Assembly to impeach the state Governor Ben Ayade for several constitutional breaches. The call was made by the Chairman of the APC in the state, John Ochala, during a press conference in Calabar,
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State Police Command has debunked news by some national dailies that two Local Councils in the state, Bakassi and Akpabuyo LGAs, have been over run by a militant group, the Bakassi Strike Force. The Commissioner made this disclosure while leading other Service Commanders from the Army, Navy, Mopol and