by crossriverwatch admin Athletics Federation of Nigeria President, Mr Solomon Ogba said in Calabar on Tuesday where the National Athletics Championship is taking place that the 2013 championship will be remarkably different from the past events as the standard will be raised to allow only athletes who have known time record to participate. He said
by crossriverwatch admin With an annual double digit growth rate of 30%, Nigeria’s economy ranks amongst the fastest growing in the world and that accounts for government’s aim of attaining a 4,000 Dollars Gross Domestic Product, GDP in the next ten years. President Goodluck Jonathan made this declaration on today in Calabar while performing the
by crossriverwatch admin The two stories submitted by Crossriverwatch for this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award have secured approval for judging by CNN administration. In a mail from the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards Team to the Managing Editor of CrossRiverWatch, the team said: “Your work has now been approved for Judging by CNN
by crossriverwatch admin He may be a talent to watch out for in Africa’s biggest entertainment market, Jave Chem knows how to get his thing done, when it comes to music. In this interview, the Jos born, but Lagos based artiste, Jave shocks his fans on his decision to relocate to Calabar, where he thinks
by crossriverwatch admin Three people have been reported dead following an invasion of Inyima community in Yakurr Local Government Area by its neighbors Adun village in Cross River State. The invasion which was carried out by armed men suspected to have come from Adun village in Obubra LGA destroyed over 300 houses displacing about 5,000
by our correspondent who is attending the congress in Ireland The President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D Higgins, has stressed the need to protect media diversity and pluralism through a global media policy. Higgins stated this at the opening ceremony of the ongoing International Federation of Journalists’ World Congress in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. President
by crossriverwatch admin Over eight hundred thousand children were administered immunization, folic acid along with worm medicines while one hundred and seventy seven women were administered the anti tetanus vaccines during the one week Maternal Newborn and Child Week in Cross River State. Mrs. Patricia Ebam, the State Immunization Officer who gave the figures to
by crosssriverwatch admin The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI , is not a witch hunting instrument or a self seeking exercise but a voluntary process through which verifiable data is validated and published for use by policy makers and the public towards improving the country’s macroeconomics environment and strengthening public expenditure management and implementing