by crossriverwatch admin Peace has finally returned to warring Kutia and Ukwotung communities in Obudu Local Government area in northern Cross River State after the intervention of the Chairman of the local council, Mr. Emmanuel Ugbe and other stakeholders. Hostilities broke out again between the two neighboring communities on Tuesday and continued into Wednesday and
by crossriverwatch admin The People of Obubra in the Central Senatorial district may have concluded where their senatorial bulk vote will go if what a respected voice from the area said is anything to go by. A former Permanent Secretary, Governor’s Office, Dr Mathew Achigbe, while speaking with newsmen in his Yala Okum country home
by crossriverwatch admin Following the large scale irregularities that characterized the ward congresses in Cross River State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has ordered the postponement of the state congress in Cross River state. Announcing the postponement of the congress at a stakeholders meeting in Calabar, last Friday, Chairman of the state congress committee, Dr.
by crossriverwatch admin The Catholic Diocese in Ogoja is boiling after a businessman, James Okafor caught his wife red handed in his matrimonial bed with a Catholic priest savoring the woman’s private parts. The Catholic priest, a CrossRiverWatch source said had always been a regular visitor to the businessman’s home in Igoli Ogoja and his
by crossriverwatch admin Over five persons are missing and several houses burnt in a raging communal conflict between Ukwotung and Kutia communities in Obudu Local Government in the northern part of Cross River State. The age old conflict which was exclusively reported by CrossRiverWatch to have been reignited on Monday when an old man from
by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, representing the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State today said extending development to troubled Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi Local Government in Cross River State is part of the strategy that will guarantee the return of peace to the warring communities. The senator said this
by crossriverwatch admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch say that fighting resumed this morning between neighboring Ukwotung and Kutia communities in Obudu local government of the state. CrossRiverWatch sources confirmed that market women who were on their way to Udama market in Utugwang were forced to turn back by rampaging youths and men who had blocked the
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke has urged his would-be successors not to jettison his grassroots sports development program that has made the State a powerhouse in youth sports competitions in the country. The governor who was speaking in Calabar last Thursday night during a reception for the State’s athletes who won