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Imoke Flags Off Construction of First Flyover in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has officially flagged –off the construction of the first multi-million Naira flyover in Calabar. Speaking at the launching of the beams for the project, Imoke disclosed that the flyover will add to the aesthetics of the city which has recently witnessed significant growth while serving

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Why CROSIEC Chair ,Patrick Otu Must Resign by OBONO OBLA

by crossriverwatch admin The Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, Patrick Otu is my bossom friend. Although he is biological my senior I consider him my bossom friend. We struck friendship about 1992 when both of us were avid followers of the political aspiration and ambition of Chief Wilfred Oden Inah,

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Windstorm Disaster Victims in Cross River Receive Relief Materials

by crossriverwatch admin Relief materials worth millions of Naira have been distributed to victims of the May 18, 2013 windstorm disaster which swept across some Northern and Central Senatorial Districts of Cross River State. According to the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, over 4 thousand residential buildings and public infrastructure were damaged displacing about 9,000

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Tinapa, Nigerian Customs at War Over Delayed Cargo

by crossriverwatch admin Recently, the Managing Director of Tinapa Business Resorts Limited, Architect Bassey Ndem while briefing journalists in Calabar painted a gleeful picture about business activity in the place popularly referred to as Africa’s Premier Business and Tourism Resort. However, barely a week after Tinapa played host to over 9,000 lawyers who descended on

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Contractor Abandons Renovation Work on Nigerian Chronicle After Collecting N22m

by crossriverwatch admin Renovation work on the sprawling edifice of the Nigerian Chronicle, the official tabloid of the Cross River State government has been abandoned turning the place to a risky eyesore for both journalists and other staff of the paper. The Nigerian Chronicle, with a weekly run print of about 2000 copies, was established

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Roles of A Teacher in Nation Building by JEREMIAH ARCHIBONG

by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria Union of Teachers (1994) depicts a teacher as one who has the register-able professional qualification which enables him to be appointed to teach at any nation’s institution of learning and who has a sound mind and is mentally fit. Trained, skilful, effective and efficient teachers of the past were accorded, revered,

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Bomboy’s Gun-tottering Parade, a Moral Obscenity by OBASESAM OKOI

by crossriverwatch admin It was a disappointing experience! Not the type of behavior I would expect from the chairman of a local government that pride itself as the home to nearly 20 distinguished Professors, over 40 PhD holders, and nearly one hundred Lawyers including myriad professionals whose credentials add substantially to the intellectual development of

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Lawyer Buys Week Old Baby For N1.5m, Arrested in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin A Lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs. Ngala Norgu Julia has been arrested by men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service for allegedly being in possession of a one week old baby girl which she claims she was delivered of by a herbalist at Okitipupa, Ondo State. Mr. Samuel

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