by crossriverwatch admin Monday, 25th November, 2013, members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State chapter kick started the press week activities with a city walk across major streets in the state capital, Calabar. Mr. Omini Oden, the Chairman of the Press Week told CrossRiverWatch that the city walk which started at
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke who over the weekend read the riot act to his aides to ensure that the Obudu Mountain Race becomes less of a burden to the state beginning with the 2013 edition has also brought down the big stick on council chairmen in the state.
by crossriverwatch admin There was a long traffic snarl as a huge crowd gathered along Atekong by Murtala Mohammed expressway junction in Calabar to watch a suspected pick pocket who jumped into the big drainage at the junction following a hot chase by residents after stealing from a passenger who was in the same public
by crossriverwatch admin Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Director of Publicity, Barrister Venatius Ikem has given reasons why he is routing for the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Mr. Goddy Jedy Agba, OFR as governor of Cross River State come 2015. The former two time Commissioner
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has greeted the various reform initiatives by the Head of Service of the Federation Alhaji Bukar Aji, to deliver on effective and efficient service to Nigerians. Imoke, who made his feelings known when he received on a courtesy visit the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke has approved the take-over of 14 community secondary schools by the state government. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong Offiong, said this while briefing journalists in Calabar on Thursday on the activities of the ministry. He said the move was to further expand access to
by crossriverwatch admin The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield said on Sunday that it had dismantled a militant camp in the Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River. A statement by the Media Coordinator of the JTF, Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Yenagoa, said that various arms were recovered from
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than five hundred sea pirates are currently enjoying their illegal camping in the ceded part of the Bakassi peninsula. Governor Godswill Akpabio stated this in Uyo when the Chief of Training and Operations at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Major-General Peter Isang paid a courtesy visit in his office. The governor