by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disability, JONAPWD, Comrade Ogar Ojong has lamented the poor level of support and stigmatization suffered by members of the association in the state. Speaking with CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, Ogar said JONAPWD is the umbrella body championing the course of
by crossriverwatch admin Currently holding sway as the Chairman, House Committee on Gas Resources; he represents the Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, former speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon Bassey Eko Ewa in a parley with National Assembly correspondents in Abuja bares his mind on a wide range of
by crossriverwatc admin Out of every five children who die in Nigeria two die from pneumonia which makes it the number one killer disease in the country. This revelation was made by Mrs Obioma Imoke, wife of the Cross River State governor on Tuesday in Calabar while speaking at the World Pneumonia Day. She said
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River Consensus CRC, a group of politicians spearheaded by a former member of the House of Representative representing Obudu/Obanliku Federal Constituency, Mr. Paul Adah, has threatened to drag President Jonathan to Court if he does not declare his intention to run for a second term in 2015 within the next
by crossriverwatch admin Obioma Imoke, wife of the Cross River State Governor has also affirmed that the office of the First Lady is not in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. While speaking on a recent Personality TV Show, with screen diva, Mo Abudu on ‘Moments With Mo’ recently, the Cross River First
by crossriverwatch admin Honorable Nkoyo Toyo, the member representing Calabar/Odukpani in the House of Representatives is investing the sum of 80 million naira to train two hundred and fifty youths in her constituency on modern farming skills. Hon Nkoyo Toyo who assembled the youths in the facility built for the purpose at the Akim Market
by crossriverwatch admin A Calabar High Court presided over by Honorable Justice Michael Edem yesterday ruled that only candidates sponsored by the Peoples Progressive Alliance, PPA and the National Conscience Party, NCP respectively were as at 17th June 2013 eligible to contest the Local Government Elections in Yakurr, Obudu and Obanliku Local Government Councils. In
by crossriverwatch admin A management meeting of cement makers UNICEM was briefly disrupted yesterday following a peaceful protest by UNICEM Host Communities Youth Forum and some staff of the company under the auspices of the National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber Leather and Non-Metallic Products NUCFRLANMPE, an affiliate of the Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC. The